Wednesday, 14 October 2015
The dark side of wearables: How they're secretly jeopardizing your security and privacy
From Tech Republic –
“The seductive lure of activity and health wearables make it easy to forget, or ignore, the inherent security and privacy risks involved.
The gentle buzz of a wearable device vibrates on your wrist at 7 am. You sync the device with your smartphone to see how well you slept. The result: poor. You feel groggy, so you drink extra coffee, which increases your heart rate, a data point also recorded by your wearable. You trudge through your morning routine more slowly than usual, so you skip that half hour on the elliptical and head for the office.”
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digital,
Security,
smartphone,
smartwatch,
technology,
wearables