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Comment by realityfactchex

12 hours ago

> a wearable though, the extreme amount of time alone amplifies the risks

The time, and also the proximity.

As I understand it, the potential dangers of a lot of these kinds of things dissipate quite rapidly with distance.

But with wearables, the emitters are quite literally strapped against the body (practically zero distance).

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