Apple Watch's new auto-911 calls after falls may tumble into legal trouble

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Sounds to me no different then many of the personal alarm gadgets that have been around for years djf 


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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: September 30, 2018 at 3:42:17 AM GMT+9
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Apple Watch's new auto-911 calls after falls may tumble into legal trouble
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> Apple Watch's new auto-911 calls after falls may tumble into legal trouble
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> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/how-the-new-apple-watch-will-call-911-after-a-fall-if-you-want-it-to/
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>      The (mostly) opt-in nature of the service may mitigate but not
>    completely assuage concerns raised by some lawyers in the
>    immediate aftermath of the September 12 announcement of the
>    watch.  Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of
>    California, Davis, was quick to point out that, by inviting
>    the police into your home, Apple Watch wearers may be opening
>    themselves up to criminal liability.



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