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Do You Know Who Is Talking to Your Wearable Smartband?
Andrei Kazlouski, Thomas Marchioro, Harry Manifavas, Evangelos Markatos
142 - 146
10.3233/SHTI200711
Research Article
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume 275: Integrated Citizen Centered Digital Health and Social Care
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.

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