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		gowld on March 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I got my file from Clearview AI Why were Pebble and Fitbit more trustworthy? Because they were "cool"?

FabHK on March 26, 2020 | [–]

And because they had only one source of data, namely their watch/armband, and were not cross referencing it with search queries, YouTube views, etc. Unlike Google, needless to say.

taneq on March 26, 2020 | [–]

Whether the really were or not is another question. Personally, I didn't trust them any more, but a lot of people did.

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