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I decided to write about a weird happening because a reader or two might have had the same thing occur.
I don't know why I did it, but when I went into A&P for a couple of items, I passed the pharmacy on the way to checkout. On a complete whim I decided to sit down at the blood pressure monitoring station and check my BP. I put my arm through the cuff, sat still for a few seconds, and then hit the start button. My results came up (118/78), I got up and left.
By the time I reached home 10 minutes later, I had an email from a company called "Hiji"
What a total shock to me. I have never signed up for anything of this sort - I can track my BP and weight with a pencil and paper. But the kicker is that I just sat down, an anomymous person at a BP machine, and hit the Start button. At no time did I have to enter any personal info. How in the world did this machine recognize me and know my email address???
I wrote to the company and told them I felt this was an invasion of privacy and a scam, and they responded that I must have signed up for it myself.
So sorry for any trouble. You received our email because you registered for a higi account either online at higi.com or at one of our retail higi Stations (higi.com/locator). higi Stations are kiosks in grocery stores and pharmacies where you can check your health vitals. To learn more about us visit our website at higi.com/about!
I wrote back and said if my name had been entered it was done by someone else as a joke because I never signed up for it. Then I got to thinking, how in the world does that machine recognize me in the first place without my entering any personal information. My d-i-l said maybe if my phone was on my person the machine could read it, but I don't have a smart phone of any kind. Maybe I should write the Jitterbug phone people and ask them.
This is a total mystery to me and I welcome comments and suggestions. Also, be aware that it could happen to you, and that no information about ourselves is really private or safe anymore.
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I decided to write about a weird happening because a reader or two might have had the same thing occur.
I don't know why I did it, but when I went into A&P for a couple of items, I passed the pharmacy on the way to checkout. On a complete whim I decided to sit down at the blood pressure monitoring station and check my BP. I put my arm through the cuff, sat still for a few seconds, and then hit the start button. My results came up (118/78), I got up and left.
By the time I reached home 10 minutes later, I had an email from a company called "Hiji"
higi Check-in Results Get pumped. You just received blood pressure/weight results from a higi Station. Click the button below and you'll be on your way |
What a total shock to me. I have never signed up for anything of this sort - I can track my BP and weight with a pencil and paper. But the kicker is that I just sat down, an anomymous person at a BP machine, and hit the Start button. At no time did I have to enter any personal info. How in the world did this machine recognize me and know my email address???
I wrote to the company and told them I felt this was an invasion of privacy and a scam, and they responded that I must have signed up for it myself.
So sorry for any trouble. You received our email because you registered for a higi account either online at higi.com or at one of our retail higi Stations (higi.com/locator). higi Stations are kiosks in grocery stores and pharmacies where you can check your health vitals. To learn more about us visit our website at higi.com/about!
I wrote back and said if my name had been entered it was done by someone else as a joke because I never signed up for it. Then I got to thinking, how in the world does that machine recognize me in the first place without my entering any personal information. My d-i-l said maybe if my phone was on my person the machine could read it, but I don't have a smart phone of any kind. Maybe I should write the Jitterbug phone people and ask them.
This is a total mystery to me and I welcome comments and suggestions. Also, be aware that it could happen to you, and that no information about ourselves is really private or safe anymore.
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I finally have internet. No TV and no internet when I arrived home on Wednesday afternoon. AT&T tried to fix the problem over the phone, but finally sent someone out before Noon today to fix a wire that had become disconnected in a box...
- A Few Answers
First, I'd like to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions. Moonfly, I'm going to order the aluminum card carrier right away. My son figured out what happened. Someone in Georgia is using my email to sign up - the Higi account...
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I finally heard from my doctor regarding the blood pressure readings I sent him a couple of weeks ago. By now I don't want to touch any bp medicine with a 10 ft. pole! He says to keep monitoring and we may need to start a low dose of bp...
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First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday, however and whatever you celebrate. Thanks to you folks for all the comments to my post about rising blood pressure. I would like to make a comment on the drug store blood pressure machines....
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