Wearable Trackers Are Good For Health But Bad For Data Privacy!

Step into the future with wearable technology and devices! These nifty gadgets are here to make your life easier, cooler and more connected than ever before. There's a wearable for everyone, from smartwatches that track your steps to rings that enhance your style-tech quotient!

Let the teched-up fitness games begin!

Techopedia defines a wearable device as a technology worn on the human body. This type of device has become a more common part of the tech world as companies have started to evolve more types of devices that are small enough to wear and that include powerful sensor technologies that can collect and deliver information about their surroundings.

Oura, the health-tech company has released a smart ring that allows users to track various biometric data and includes features around social sharing and sleep tracking. This comes as the battle among tech companies to keep trackers on the wrists and fingers of consumers continues to grow competitive.

The company’s new community-sharing feature, called Circles, allows ring wearers to create private groups to share data like readiness, sleep and activity scores.

Oura CEO Tom Hale said, “It’s really about sharing your data, your scores, your readiness, your sleep, with your close, intimate friends, family, your trainer, your doctor; maybe it’s a husband checking in on a wife or maybe it’s your team collecting the data comparing each other,”

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Caution! Data leaks on wearable devices can turn your personal information into a not-so-secret fashion statement. The next logical inquiry is, Why?

Let's gain wisdom from past errors: According to a report by WebsitePlanet and independent cybersecurity expert Jeremiah Fowler, a recent wearable device data breach exposed over 61 million fitness tracker records from Apple and Fitbit online.

Kaspersky included the possibility of fitness trackers posing concerns to your privacy in their list of possible dangers on their website. This is because the vast majority of trackers are created to work in tandem with other devices. The tracker follows your movements everywhere you run or ride a bike. All of this data in transit across the cloud could be compromised. #Yikes

Health IT Security.com pointed out "We are only highlighting our discovery to raise awareness of the dangers and cyber security vulnerabilities posed by IOT, wearable devices, fitness and health trackers, and how that data is stored."

TechDogs-"An Image Showing The New Oura Ring"

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Are you ready to wear your tech on your sleeve? Or do you think wearable companies need to iron out security issues first? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

First published on Tue, Jun 13, 2023

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