Cheap Smartwatch Security Flaw Exposes Sensitive Health Data
2025-02-12
A security researcher reverse-engineered a low-cost smartwatch, revealing a critical vulnerability. The watch, using the VeryFit app, lacks authentication, allowing anyone to connect and access sensitive health data—activity, sleep, heart rate, even menstrual cycles—without any security measures. The researcher created a website to extract and convert this data to TCX format. This highlights the security risks of budget smartwatches and underscores the need for user caution.
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