Every step you take

Fitness apps are watching you ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Do you have a fitness app on your phone? Gayathri Vaidyanathan reports that most fitness apps in India are exploiting not only its users, but also employees. While they continue to mine user data because of the lack of a law in our country, the employees work under bad conditions with low pay. Meanwhile, Nikhila Henry reports that Jolly Joseph, the woman who has been accused of murdering six family members, may be becoming a magnet for publicity hounds like Biju Anthony Aloor. He is a Mumbai-based Malayali lawyer who has a notorious record and will now represent Joseph. Meanwhile, the runner up of Miss Kohima 2019 has a message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it has to do with cows. Every Step You Take: India's Fitness Apps Are Exploiting Users And Workers Fitness apps like GOQii and competitors like HealthifyMe epitomise this strange new world, where both work and leisure are refracted through the data economy: the human being, as app-user, generates continuous streams of data, that the human being, as data-worker, processes and monetises. Read More Kerala’s Jolly Joseph Case Has Become A Magnet For Publicity Hounds Though he is considered publicity-crazy, BA Aloor told HuffPost India that his case choices are not whimsical. As per his “professional philosophy”, one becomes a criminal lawyer with “an aim to defend a murder case”. “Why should anyone become a criminal lawyer if they do not want to represent all aspects of the life of a criminal including murder, dacoity and rape? If one is not prepared to represent these aspects, its better for one to opt for family court law,” Aloor said, adding that “everybody has the legal right to defend their case”. Read More In more news... Concentrate On Women Instead Of Cows: Miss Kohima Runner-Up Tells PM Modi Meet Kamali, The 7-Year-Old Skateboarder From Mahabalipuram Do We Really Have To Eat Leftovers Within 4 Days? New to this email? You can sign up here. ‌ You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard. ‌ ©2019 HuffPost lndia | Level 3B, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001, India You are recieving this email becuase you signed up for updates from HuffPost India.  ‌ Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe