Comment by codingdave

Comment by codingdave 10 hours ago

13 replies

Sounds like the crappiest data source for AI training yet.

But in all seriousness, of course they can access the data. Otherwise who else would process it to give any health results back? I don't think encryption in transit is relevant to privacy concerns because the concerns are about such data being tied to you at all, in any way. At the same time, yes, this could product valuable health information.

Their better bet would be to allow full anonymity, so even if there is a leak (yeah, the puns write themselves), there is never a connection between this data and your person.

fastball 9 hours ago

You could have a classifier running on-device that sends summary data (rather than raw images) back to Kohler.

  • karlgkk 9 hours ago

    Yeah, it’s kinda like such a reasonable thing too

    Doing on device compute is probably expensive and would prohibit such a product based on the economics but ITS A GENITAL CAM

    • Sanzig 9 hours ago

      Well, this waste analyzing piece of e-waste costs $600, so you could probably cram a lot of inference horsepower in there if you wanted to.

      • aerostable_slug 8 hours ago

        And the heat from the processor(s) would make for a comfy user experience in the wintertime.

    • tclancy an hour ago

      Chuck Berry doesn’t see your point but would like to talk more.

    • xp84 2 hours ago

      Isn’t it more of a poo cam if it’s pointed down?

    • IncreasePosts 5 hours ago

      Only for the very well endowed since it points down. Though hopefully they're doing something other than let their bits dangle in the toilet water.

duskdozer 7 hours ago

>Otherwise who else would process it to give any health results back?

Well it could be processed on-device.

  • tbrownaw 7 hours ago

    That would only work after they're done training the ai models.

    • mindslight 7 hours ago

      So like after the alpha and beta phases, when they have an actual product worthy of selling?

      • Dilettante_ 22 minutes ago

        If there's anything circa five dozen wannabe-techbro blogposts have taught me, it's that if you wait for a product that's worthy of shipping, you're never gonna ship.

g-b-r 8 hours ago

> But in all seriousness, of course they can access the data. Otherwise who else would process it to give any health results back?

It's "of course" for very knowledgeable people, normal people just assume that it means guaranteed privacy