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Apple's Live Rewind: surveillance device or privacy tool?
Apple Watch's new Live Rewind drew a "mass surveillance" accusation, so here is what the feature actually does with your data.
In brief
Apple Watch's new Live Rewind drew a "mass surveillance" accusation, so here is what the feature actually does with your data. Live Rewind's privacy case rests on how the data is processed, not on Apple's promise that it is private. Originally reported by TechRadar.
A new watch feature lands
Live Rewind is Apple's latest addition to the Apple Watch, and it arrived with more scrutiny than most watch features get.
The surveillance accusation
Critics went straight to the strongest possible framing, calling the feature a mass surveillance device strapped to your wrist.
How Live Rewind works
Understanding the privacy question starts with the mechanics: what the watch captures, when it captures it, and where that data goes next.
The NATO-grade claim
Apple's defence is the privacy technology underneath, the kind with a security pedigree serious enough to be described as NATO-grade.
Does the claim hold up
The verdict hinges on whether that protection is applied before data ever leaves the watch, or bolted on somewhere further down the pipe.
What to check yourself
Read the feature's own privacy settings rather than the headlines. The toggles tell you what is being collected far more honestly than the debate does.
At a glance
Live Rewind's privacy case rests on how the data is processed, not on Apple's promise that it is private.
