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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2020-10-16

"Since smart watches can now read your pulse, there should be a feature that erases your browser history if your heart stops beating." -- [info] - personal extraarcha 2020-09-25

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posted by [personal profile] polydad at 11:39pm on 2020-10-16
So a pickpocket lifts your watch and suddenly you have no browser history. Idea needs some work.
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posted by [personal profile] extraarcha at 03:50pm on 2020-10-17
All plans have downsides.
Answer this: why are you hanging around where there are pickpockets?

Rule of Thumb:
    If you look for the downside, you are very likely to have it happen.
    If you look for the upsides, they are more likely to happen.
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posted by [personal profile] siderea at 08:08am on 2020-10-18
Is there a thermometer in there? Takes a bit for a body to cool you know, so if it's still against warm skin but there's no pulse, then delete browser history.
 
posted by [personal profile] polydad at 06:32pm on 2020-10-18

There's also the issue of 'what if you take the watch off?' which is a thing people do.  My first thought was to have a utility by which you tell the watch you're about to take it off before you do so, but I can see a lot of people not thinking of the utility until after they took the watch off. 

An example:  I used to be an electrician.  I would not put my hands anywhere near a live panel while wearing anything containing metal on my wrists or hands, because if you're near enough amperage, the current can jump to ground. 

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posted by [personal profile] siderea at 07:21pm on 2020-10-18

Yes, that's not a "There's also", that's the exact issue my proposed solution addresses. It distinguishes between taking it off and dying.

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