Do You Know Who Is Talking to Your Wearable Smartband?
Journal: Studies In Health Technology And Informatics
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Abstract
We study seven fitness trackers and their associated smartphone apps from a wide variety of manufacturers, and record who they are talking to. Our results suggest that some of them communicate with unexpected third parties, including social networks, advertisement websites, weather services, and various external APIs. This implies that such unanticipated third-parties may glean personal information of users.
Authors
Andrei Kazlouski, Thomas Marchioro, Harry Manifavas, Evangelos Markatos