Science: Health: Biometrics
Fitbit Software That Alerts You To People Closer Than 6 Feet   (+1)  [vote for, against]
The app senses un-recognized Bluetooth signals and makes your Fitbit vibrate when they get too close.

The idea is to help people keep the mandatory 6 feet of separation during virus caused plaques.

Your phone recognizes your Fitbit via Bluetooth and other Bluetooth devices in its proximity.

Whether it can measure distance accurately enough to do this I don't know.
-- doctorremulac3, Mar 18 2020

Inspired by this. Non-Boomer_20Proximity_20Alert
[doctorremulac3, Mar 18 2020]

Israel is deploying spy technology to track the virus https://www.cnn.com...ogy-intl/index.html
Using a phone app, they will detect where and with whom infectious people have been near. [tatterdemalion, Mar 20 2020]

We'll give them credit, no problem. They'll have to put up some collateral, though, and get a guarantor to co-sign the application.
-- 8th of 7, Mar 19 2020


None whatever. We've got a special offer on bleak, pitiless and uncaring at the moment, can we sign you up ?
-- 8th of 7, Mar 20 2020



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