Your wearable is always watching you, warns Kaspersky, and its data compromised to reveal your identity

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Accelerometer and gyroscope signals can reveal a lot more about users than they think, suggests Kaspersky research

Users of smart watches and other wearables have been warned that the data they transmit could be used to build 'behaviourial profiles' of them, identifying who they are and even their credit card P...

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