Ha! For fuck sake !

TL;DR it’s spyware, CBC put a « privacy concern » 40-50 world at the end but the rest of the article is simping this « new technology »

    • TribblesBestFriend@startrek.websiteOP
      11·
      17 hours ago

      Their argument: yeah! 1/4 Canadian wear wearable (mostly watch) so let’s put gait detection in their sole and range finder in their jacket so we they know when there’s someone near and if they walk ok

    • James R Kirk@startrek.websiteEnglish
      7·
      16 hours ago

      “Interactive clothes” sounds awesome to me.

      a garment made of conductive fibres that track heart rate and breathing and feed that data into an AI algorithm that detects when a person is anxious and triggers a mechanism that causes the garment to tighten and give the feeling of a comforting hug.

      Does not.

      • Whitebrow@lemmy.world
        5·
        13 hours ago

        Dear consumer

        We have detected you are currently running away from our law enforcement for scanning a pack of meat as bananas

        We have constricted the garments in alignment of our policy to facilitate your capture

        Please do not resist and thank you for shopping at Walmart

      • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.orgEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        In addition to all the tracking data. That sounds kinda awful. A clothing item that suddenly starts to constrict me during a time when I’m supposed to be anxious.

        Though yeah, when looking at it from a hopeful perspective it might have uses and benefits, but I’d still prefer basic old cheap dumb clothes.