Is Your Smart Watch Spying on You?

23/06/2025 41 min Temporada 6 Episodio 7
Is Your Smart Watch Spying on You?

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Send us a textIn this episode, I spoke with Julia Keserű, an activist and writer working at the intersection of technology and justice. We discussed the tracking and storage of biometric data, particularly focusing on fitness data tracking for runners. We explored what companies do with this data and the potential risks and benefits involved. Additionally, we emphasized the importance of reading privacy policies more carefully.**Episode Breakdown:**00:00 – Intro  02:17 – Introduction to Julia Keserű  06:14 – Discussion about The Engine Room and Mozilla Foundation  09:42 – What do tech companies do with our biometric data?  12:22 – The collection, storage, and resale of biometric data  16:04 – The positives and negatives of biometric data use  17:36 – Mishandling of customer personal data  23:22 – Finding a middle ground in understanding privacy policies  26:55 – The involvement of artificial intelligence in storing and sharing biometric data  30:20 – Data tracking we may not be aware of: gait, odor, and facial recognition  32:12 – Regulating biometric data collection  34:17 – The Hungarian government's ban on pride events and facial recognition  36:00 – Ways people can protect their personal data if they don’t read the privacy policy  41:22 – Outro  Support the showVisit My YouTube Channel @RVARunningMan for episode full videosIf you have a show idea or would like to be a guess please visit www.rvarunningman.com to contact me.