Sleepy_Tortoise

Sleepy_Tortoise t1_isbpybe wrote

The accelerometer is actually sensitive enough to give a lot more data than you think. It can tell some medical info and whether you're sober or drunk when your phone is in your pocket by picking up signals in the way you walk, and some accelerometers are sensitive enough to pick up the sound vibrations of spoken conversations and discern words. This was all in a cyber security research paper and these things were actually done and proven possible. Getting permission from your phone to use this data vs microphone or camera or something more conspicuous is way easier too.

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Sleepy_Tortoise t1_is19u92 wrote

I just finished Dan Carlin's book "The End Is Always Near". It was a pretty light read compared to some of the other history stuff I've been reading lately, but probably my favorite book of the year so far. He talks about how crazy it would be to have a modern pandemic or nuclear war, which was a little too perfect for the moment we're in right now.

It also got me to finally start listening to his podcast, which has been a real treat.

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