🏃 Fitness Tracker Privacy Fails | EFFector 38.14
Watches, bands, and rings—if you want to digitally monitor your fitness, more companies than ever are selling devices to do it. And more Americans than ever now own at least one wearable health device. But what are the companies that make fitness trackers doing to protect our sensitive data from prying eyes? A lot less than they could be, it turns out. We're explaining what companies can do to…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently published an EFFector newsletter detailing the privacy concerns surrounding fitness trackers. The rapid growth of fitness tracker technology has led to an increasing number of individuals owning these devices. However, the EFF warns that these companies are not doing enough to safeguard sensitive health data from potential breaches.
In the latest issue, EFF explores the shortcomings of fitness trackers in terms of transparency and privacy protection. For more information, readers can join the EFFector newsletter or listen to the podcast episode featuring EFF Senior Security and Privacy Activist Thorin Klosowski discussing the topic in depth.
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