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Fitness Tracker Security Questioned
- SFGate, Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:05 AM
Social media lit up after a Fortinet security researcher demonstrated she could use Bluetooth to inject code onto a Fitbit Flex — a method criminals could use to spread malware. A USA Today story was shared on LinkedIn more than 200 times. Facebookblew up. Tweets abounded, all with people wondering: Could someone compromise my computer or phone through my Fitbit? It didn’t take long for the San Francisco company to answer. This is a “theoretical scenario and is not possible,” a spokeswoman e-mailed the Chronicle. “Fitbit trackers cannot be used to infect users’ devices with malware. We want to reassure our users that it remains safe to use their Fitbit devices and no action is required.”
