[Avodah] FW: Fitbit on Shabbos

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:17:10PM -0400, Moshe Yehuda Gluck via Avodah wrote:
: I thought of another issur -- taking a photo with a film camera is
: Hachanah, because you're only taking it for the result that you will
: get in the Chol, after you develop the film. But this is also a d'oraysa.

Return back to nidon didan (from the subject line)...

A fitbit really has no function until after Shabbos, so the same
reasoning would apply.

But many other such devices can be used as a digital watch on Shabbos.
So carrying it around -- even if you want the step tracking -- is not
ONLY for the tracking.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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