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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 21:49:43 JST Aral Balkan

   I tried the £299 full-body scan that checks health risks in minutes

   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/20/i-tried-the-neko-body-scan-that-checks-health-risks-in-minutes

   “Neko is the brainchild of the Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek, who hopes to achieve the same for health that he did for music…”

   Say what now?

   #no #fuckNo #fuckRightOff

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     Ben Evans (kittylyst@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 21:54:44 JST Ben Evans

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     @aral I had to read the damn article 3 times, but sure enough, all the methodology and data is under wraps.

     Theranos vibes, much?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 21:54:44 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ben Evans

     @kittylyst At least most surveillance capitalists have the courtesy of scanning the shit out of you for free.

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     gergo (gergolippai@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 06:00:16 JST gergo

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     @aral sooo, burning a bunch of vc money while not paying doctors *and* somehow still not making profit in the process?