Your Watch is Watching you. Who is Watching Your Watch?
Not Worried About the Internet of Things? Well You Just Became a Part of It.
As more and more “things” that you interact with every day become hooked into the internet, you leave a permanent trail of digital exhaust that enables hackers and government agencies to draw a more and more complete picture of your life. Your thermostat identifies times that you are gone from the house and what time you go to bed. Your coffee pot telegraphs what time you get up. And your wine refrigerator is more honest about your drinking habits than you are. So who cares? Maybe nobody. But then again, someone with a grudge, a stalker, organized crime, big brother, or a political rival may think it is worth the effort to find out all your personal habits. Now, with the advent of smartwatches, that digital trail will include your health information, all your movements, your photo albums, and more. The information is all uploaded to the cloud, and it is all there for the taking…And the same faceless hackers that learned how to hack into your toaster are now after even more personal data, which just happens to be held conveniently on your wrist.
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/hacked-fridges-arent-internet-things-biggest-worry/
Seen on the wrists of Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Drake, and Neil Patrick Harris, smartwatches are all the rage right now. With their sleek designs and high-tech functionality, they turn even the average Joe into James Bond. It makes sense then that their popularity is increasing. Running from $150 on the low-end to upwards of $17,000 on the high-end, smartwatches provide the convenience and capabilities of a smartphone in a tiny package.
But armed with tons of personal data about your life, how secure are they really? Recently HP conducted a study into 10 smartwatches on the market today along with their Android and iOS cloud and mobile apps. They found that 100% of those smartwatches have significant vulnerabilities, including authentication, lack of encryption, and privacy concerns.
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