Experts believe that the Android based watches can be
infiltrated and that it is very easy for the hackers to read message sent to a
smart watch using the Android operating system (OS). It is believed that the
six digit pin code of Android can be easily hacked or what they say ‘bruteforced.’
Using a Nexus
4 Android device equipped with Android L Developer Preview and Samsung Gear Live, experts believe that because the Android Wear obfuscation relies on a
pin code of only six digits during the initial pairing, an attacker wouldn't take long to brute-force number and start reading your conversations in
plain-text.
this means an attacker would
have to be fairly near the victim and log all intercepted Bluetooth data
packets, but the large-scale adoption of such an exploit could be fueled by the
increasing number of smart-watches or smart-bands.
So if you use a smartwatch using Android OS beware of the
threat and read more about it lest you are hit unknowingly.
Read more about it at: Daily Mail
Photo: LG Electronics/Daily Mail
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