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The device was not an ordinary smartwatch made by Apple or Samsung, but a special type that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had mandated the woman wear at all times, allowing the agency to track her.
So it’s a new kind of tracking bracelet, similar to the old ankle tags? Calling it a smartwatch seems slightly misleading, even if not technically inaccurate.
My phone isnt enough of a tracker, I’m going to attach a second tracker to my wrist.
I mean, yes - that is one of the selling points of a smartwatch, since phones can’t easily record heart rate, blood oxygen, etc.
But that’s also irrelevant to the article, since these devices aren’t consumer smartwatches and aren’t being worn voluntarily.