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2015 Smartwatch Comparison Guide

posted by CoolHand on Thursday July 16 2015, @07:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the gadgetry-at-its-finest dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Gizmag has published a 2015 smartwatch comparison guide for those planning to acquire another NSA-tracking collar mobile device:

Before we jump in, these are the six watches we chose as the best available right now, which you'll see lined up (in two rows) throughout this comparison:

  • Motorola Moto 360
           
  • Apple Watch
           
  • LG Watch Urbane
           
  • Samsung Gear S
           
  • Pebble Time
         
  • Asus ZenWatch

During my recent visit to an Apple Store in Long Island, a grand total of 1 person was looking at the long row of Apple Watches while the iPhone table was mobbed.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @08:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @08:32PM (#210157)

    the original poster did use a word "another", right? a smart-watch is not THE (only) NSA collar, it's yet another NSA collar to wear with you.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Thursday July 16 2015, @08:52PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 16 2015, @08:52PM (#210165)
    Your smartphone is what's sending data back to the NSA, not your watch. Only one of the phones listed in the article has any sort of capacity to do that and even that one requires pairing with a smart phone.

    With possibly one exception those smartwatches are as NSA snitchery as a wireless mouse.
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    • (Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday July 16 2015, @09:50PM

      by TheGratefulNet (659) on Thursday July 16 2015, @09:50PM (#210181)

      the watch is feeding more data (pulse, temperature, sound, whatever else) to the phone. its yet another data source.

      I am not alone in thinking that more data sources == more ways to fuck you over; now or later.

      does not matter if its an ip source of leaked data; it still sends data that DOES get funnelled up to the spooks.

      why anyone wants to volunteer to do that, its way beyond me. some people just don't think things thru, I guess, and they are quite the trusting soul. I feel sorry for such people, as they tend to become victims.

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      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Thursday July 16 2015, @10:06PM

        by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 16 2015, @10:06PM (#210185)
        Your smartphone already has temperature, sound, and every other sensor your watch has except for pulse. There's no reason to even bring this up unless you don't have a smartphone, in which case it's NSA-ness is a moot point since the watches don't work without it.

        We don't disagree in spirit, just in understanding of this particular topic.
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    • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday July 16 2015, @10:51PM

      by Nerdfest (80) on Thursday July 16 2015, @10:51PM (#210218)

      The Android Wear watches actually do quite a lot without the phone now. You could probably consider it "tracking collar" all by itself now. Cool that you can use it like that but yeah, if you're worried about tracking ...

      • (Score: 2) by Tork on Thursday July 16 2015, @10:53PM

        by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 16 2015, @10:53PM (#210220)
        How does it communicate back to the NSA?
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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 17 2015, @09:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 17 2015, @09:45AM (#210362)

      Your smartphone is what's sending data back to the NSA, not your watch

      Give it time.