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Dec 19, 2016 … A report warns companies that make fitness trackers could be feeding users' personal information to private healthcare and insurance … This may interest you : Free Group Fitness Challenge Tracker.
Jun 29, 2015 … Users constantly feed personal information into their devices, which is then stored on servers, making it vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Jan 31, 2018 · Take steps to protect the personal information on your fitness tracker from scheming hackers: jeff rossen explains how. Want to join our Read With …
The hack attack “encrypted information on some systems”, CEO Wayne de Nobrega said in a statement. Initially, Tracker shared …
We do know that the inherent flaws in wearable devices especially the fitness trackers can prove to be detrimental to our security because of the nature of data these devices register. Since these devices provide information like calories burned, heart rate, sleep duration, and miles walked, therefore, these are becoming increasingly popular among fitness enthusiasts all over the world.
Sep 30, 2015 … Tags: hacking, medicine, spoofing … (surely someone is already doing this and selling that info to marketers). … You can spoof a fitness tracker, but you can't fake your cholesterol level, resting pulse, bmi, etc. … Atom Feed …
Jul 13, 2016 · How to Protect Your Fitness Tracker and Smartphone From Hackers … smartphone or on an ATM can be hacked in real time because it’s continually and automatically recorded by your fitness …
Sep 19, 2017 · Researchers were able to intercept information from Fitbit devices. … How your heart rate monitor could help criminals … daily activities to hackers. Gadgets in the fitness tracker industry …
Almost all smartphones now have some form of built-in movement tracking, and most collect this data in the background by default. Luckily, turning off your phone’s fitness and activity trackers …
Wearables, smart houses, and fitness tracking apps can be … The problem is that if hackers know this default password (and …
Dec 19, 2016 · How safe is your fitness tracker? Hackers could steal your data and sell the information to health companies. Report released by US academics warns of risk to …
Feb 8, 2016 … While some argue that consumers need not panic, the report raises important questions, as fitness-tracker information is increasingly used in …
In an exclusive interaction with mid-day, the health and fitness expert opens up about her source … This story has been …
Sep 18, 2017 … wearable technology devices can measure heart rate, count steps and track sleeping habits — but they can also reveal a wealth of sensitive …
Mar 19, 2016 · Who’s tracking your fitness tracker? We asked an expert … law enforcement or hackers could potentially get access to this data and suddenly have a very valuable source of intelligence about …