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Xenex writes:
"In the wake of the Android Ware [Video] announcement, I have been giving thought to the impact these watches could have on our life. 'The more I read about smartwatches, the more I appreciate my "dumb" watches' writes Shawn Blanc. 'But I don't just wear a watch to know what time it is. Part of the reason I wear one is as an excuse not to pull out my iPhone.' Basically: when you look at a watch you see the time, when you look at a smartphone for the time you also see notifications. Avoiding my phone is definitely a factor for me nowadays, and a 'smart' watch might just be another distraction."
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'Dumb' Watches and the Technology in our Lives
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 24 2014, @12:27PM
One of the most surefire ways to spot an NSA spook is to see if they're wearing a watch, because they cannot have phones where they work. If you see a bunch of people wearing nice watches, all hanging out at the same credit union, whose kids go to a separate school, who all claim to be "janitors," for a living; chances are you have yourself a handful of NSA agents.
Additionally, smartwatches are ugly as hell and still a little to "Star-Trekkey" to be fashionable in the mainstream. But personally, the only time I would wear a watch is to a job interview. Otherwise, it's just something I'll eventually lose.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday March 24 2014, @01:01PM
I wear watches because I like watches. Basically, they're jewelry for men. The Star-Trekky nature of the smart watches does affect me though, as I have a Pebble watch, and while I absolutely love it, it ain't pretty enough for me to not wear any of my 'nice' watches. I'm at the point now where I wear a nice watch on my left wrist and my Pebble on my right. People know I'm a bit of a dork already so the added watch doesn't affect my social status much.
I love the look of that watch Motorola is showing ... but I'll probably still wear it on my right wrist. One of the nice things about dumb watches that the Pebble also gets right is that you should be able to tell the time without pressing a button. I'm not sure most of the the other smart watches do that. Sure they have a nice colour display, but if I need to press a button I may as well pull out my phone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 24 2014, @01:13PM
"nice watches" and "kids go to a separate school"? How much money do you think an NSA employee makes? Plus, outside of the game Splinter Cell, please elaborate on these NSA "agents." I'm aware of FBI agents and CIA agents, but what is an NSA agent? Are there Housing and Urban Development agents? Or NIH agents? How about those Bureau of Indian Affairs agents? Are all Federal employees "agents" with cool ID badges and carry unregistered PPKs?
(Score: 1) by EvilSS on Monday March 24 2014, @01:47PM
Not to feed this paranoid thread too much, but the NSA does have an internal investigative service (attached to the NSA OIG) members of which are referred to as special agents. They also have an internal police force. They are not anything nefarious, however (probably the most benign job at the NSA at the moment actually). Investigators investigate, mostly background security checks, security breaches, internal fraud, etc. They are NOT spooks in any sense of the word (despite what POI may portray). The police force is in charge of campus security at their facilitates.