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IBM patents big-brother diet program

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Dec 282011
 

As reported on slashdot, IBM was issued a patent on a program for monitoring your eating habits – and potentially tying your salary to habits that Big Brother deems healthful. Your employer could well end up in cahoots with the FDA in providing ‘incentives for eating right.’

 Posted by Purtilo at 9:27 am on December 28, 2011

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