As smartwatches become more popular, an increasing number of ways to use and interact with them has given rise to hackable weak spots in their operating systems and apps.
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As smartwatches become more popular, an increasing number of ways to use and interact with them has given rise to hackable weak spots in their operating systems and apps.
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Purdue University researchers uncovered a serious vulnerability in Google’s Wear OS smartwatches. If left unpatched, the vulnerability could have allowed an attacker to crash specific apps, make the app or the watch unresponsive, or cause the watch to reboot continuously beyond the user’s control.
Source: Google fixes smartwatch security problem discovered by Purdue researchers
