I mean, in today's climate, how could you not expect to have a device analyzing your poopie and selling that information to advertisers? Just about anything that is software enabled and has an app is primarily used for data harvesting, especially if you're not paying a subscription.
“Dagnabbit, my internet-enabled catheter leaked my information to all my contacts again!”
This is interesting because it's a hardware device.
It's really common for apps to claim they have "end to end encryption" when it's obviously a lie, because consumer hardware isn't fully controlled by the user's chosen software. It's different when you lie about it on actual hardware, where it's more understandable for users to believe the claim.
Your end to our database
Our back-end to your rear-end.
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