Should we trust Apple with mental health data?
by Elizabeth Lopatto from The Verge - All Posts on (#6B6BV)
Is Apple really good for your health? | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Here are some cursed words: Apple Plans AI-Powered Health Coaching Service, Mood Tracker and iPad Health App."
I can see why you might say, Liz, this sounds benign and obvious. What's the big deal? And I think about a meeting I had in 2014 with a freelance writer who was wearing three fitness trackers, inadvertently imitating Madonna's 1980s stacked bracelets look. He asked me how I slept. I was - and am - a pretty good sleeper. I snooze heavily for seven to eight hours and wake up feeling good, sometimes even before my alarm goes off because I am (sorry) a morning person.
The freelancer I'd been speaking to, perhaps obviously, had been having trouble sleeping, and as someone who was fairly devoted to optimizing his life through fitness...