Of course, this is not explanatory enough. Let’s look at this amazing technology in depth and discuss some possible privacy concerns that come with it.
One of these remarkable features of the Halo is that you can measure your body fat. Wait, what? Yes, exactly! The scheme uses state-of-the-art technology to measure your body fat through your smartphone.
The halo band itself isn’t involved in the process of measuring body fat. Rather, the process is wholly situated on the halo app of your smartphone. The app features a body scanning tool that photographs the owner’s body from head to ankle to create a 3-D model. These photographs are taken from four different angles to ensure the highest possible accuracy.
The body fat detected will stay on your data and will be updated continuously. With every activity or milestone, you can take pictures again to track your fat gain or loss.
Privacy Concerns From the Halo Band Body Fat Measurement
The world we are living in now is one where the presence of big tech companies drives our daily lives. Many of these companies have our location data, preferences, voice, etc. Of course, it is not unfounded to worry about possible privacy concerns of stripping like a jaybird to take pictures that will be uploaded to any database.
Ultimately, the question of privacy depends on what you are comfortable with. While chances are the pictures won’t be touched even if they stay on the cloud, if you are uncomfortable with the slight possibility that your pictures will stay on a cloud, you should steer clear of the feature.
Other Features of the Halo Band
The Halo device is designed to be no more than a passive tracker, which is apparent in the fact that the sensor module doesn’t support connectivity technologies like WiFi, GPS, or cellular radio.
The sensor module features an accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a heart rate monitor, two microphones, an LED indicator light, and a button to turn the microphones on or off. The microphones aren’t there for you to speak to Alexa, as the halo band doesn’t have Alexa integration. Rather, the microphones are there for the voice tone analysis of the band.
This feature allows the band to record snippets of your voice and send them to the halo app. The app then analyses the snippets and uses them to determine your emotional state at the time. When signing up for the feature, the halo app asks you to read back a text so it will distinguish your voice from that of people around you.
