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Title: Potential Apple Watch snooping: a not-so-paranoid cyberespionage risk Post by: HCK on October 13, 2016, 04:05:13 pm Potential Apple Watch snooping: a not-so-paranoid cyberespionage risk
<article> <section class="page"> <p> It may sound paranoid, but the next time you enter a highly confidential meeting, leave your smart watch behind. It's possible the device could be spying on you.</p><p> That's what ministers in the U.K. are reportedly (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/09/apple-watches-banned-from-cabinet-after-ministers-warned-devices/) being told. They've recently been banned from wearing Apple Watches during cabinet meetings on fears that the devices could be hacked by Russian cyberspies, according to The Telegraph.</p><p> Mobile phones have already been prohibited from cabinet meetings, but the U.K. government has reportedly taken the extra step of also banning smart watches.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3129459/security/potential-apple-watch-snooping-a-not-so-paranoid-cyberespionage-risk.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Potential Apple Watch snooping: a not-so-paranoid cyberespionage risk (http://www.macworld.com/article/3129459/security/potential-apple-watch-snooping-a-not-so-paranoid-cyberespionage-risk.html#tk.rss_all) |