Data centers: what they can analyze and do

We talk about water usage as though that's the real problem, but data centers should be controversial for a much more important reason: Our wearable technology (watches, earbuds, cellphones, etc.) can use our physical data--like our heartrate--to determine our emotional state and use it to manipulate our choices using closed loop systems with powerful AI algorithms.

Did you know some Apple Airpods collect heart rate data as a default setting? Here's proof from the Apple support page:

AirPods Pro 3 feature in-ear heart rate sensors that can help you track your heart rate during workouts....Heart rate monitoring is on by default. 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/123184

Did you know that Google can collect heart rate data from our everyday use of our cellphones? Here's proof from Google:

We present a research system that passively measures heart rate and resting heart rate via facial video captured by the front-facing camera during everyday smartphone use.

https://research.google/blog/towards-passive-heart-health-monitoring-via-smartphone-camera/

Closed loop stimulation-sensing systems can be used to "steer" us emotionally towards political biases and purchase decisions, among other things, by showing us personalized content (a  stimulus) and monitoring its effect on us (via biometrics that indicate our emotional state).

Here is a 2021 example of a closed loop system being used to reduce depression (assumedly, a change of settings could also increase depression):

We developed an approach that first used multi-day intracranial electrophysiology and focal electrical stimulation to identify a personalized symptom-specific biomarker and a treatment location where stimulation improved symptoms. We then implanted a chronic deep brain sensing and stimulation device and implemented a biomarker-driven closed-loop therapy in an individual with depression. Closed-loop therapy resulted in a rapid and sustained improvement in depression. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01480-w

Data centers are constantly analyzing all kinds of data sent from apps we give away our privacy to (privacy laws don't protect us from contracting away our own privacy), so we need to legislatively mandate they reveal what they are doing with our data or shut them down.