A Comparative Security Analysis of Fitness Wearables

Fitness trackers capable of counting steps, measuring heartrates, quality and quantity of sleep and activities are gaining popularity these days. Fitness trackers not only track your activities but also keeps a record of your location very precisely. Data generated by these fitness trackers are used in court rooms and are capable of altering the outcome of a trial. Therefor it is very essential that the information produced by these fitness trackers are protected. In this paper we review eight of the most popular fitness trackers price ranging between 15$ to 150$ and check whether the data generated by them can be corrupted or not. Also we identified the flaws in the few most popular fitness trackers and propose the work that can be done to secure them.