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Ignoring the fact that someone find a way to use this to sell ads, it is actually a very useful idea for humans as well with some refinement and safety measures.

Having something that keeps tabs on certain vital signals will be huge because you suddenly have a baseline for personalized medicine development!

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If it were truly secure and had a trusted “opt out”, I’d consider an implant that would call 911 if:

My heart rate dropped to zero

My blood oxygen percentage fell below 80-90 %

An acceleration above 10-20 g was detected, such as a sudden deceleration during a car crash.

Bonus points if it included my gps coordinates. Perhaps a trusted background app running on my phone listening for an emergency BLE signal from my internal sensor?

I promise as a kid I would have learned to hack grandpas implant to order pizza. Take every digital life intergration with a box of salt.

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