By Daily Kos
Publication Date: 2026-04-21 16:45:00
The short answer is because I despise being spied on.
The whole story goes like this. I became a grandmother recently and it really, really, really made me want to get in great physical shape. I asked Claude to train me, basically an 8 month couch-to-5k program. The idea is to get fit without injuring myself. Injury is what has happened on my last few attempts to jump back into running. That’s forced me to respect for the fact that my body’s not as forgiving as it was when I was in my late 30s. Back in those days I got away with ignoring all the safety and slow progression protocols, but those days are gone. Claude has been fantastic for keeping me pain-free so far.
So with Fitbit in hand and Claude keeping me well within the guardrails, I’m entering week 9 of my training program. About 3 weeks in, I hit a crisis point because I couldn’t log into my Fitbit. Fitbit decided that I have to link it to my Google account and it wanted me to sign in. Having not signed in to…
