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Smartwatches are

vulnerable to

hacking

US researchers at the University of Illinois

developed an app that could guess which

words a smartwatch wearer was typing on

a keyboard, using data gathered from the

motion sensors in the watch.

The project has privacy implications, as an

app that is camouflaged as a pedometer,

for example, could gather data from emails,

search queries and other confidential

documents.

The researchers tested it on a Samsung

Gear smartwatch, but any smartwatch like

Apple Watch or Fitbit with an accelerometer

and gyroscope could be at risk.

17

October

2015