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Now, I'm not going to say this is great, but honestly it seems pretty close to a "who cares?" situation. We are talking about a device with no internet connect

Now, I'm not going to say this is great, but honestly it seems pretty close to a "who cares?" situation. We are talking about a device with no internet connection that can only be accessed by someone in the same proximity to yourself. Perhaps don't buy this watch if you live in a crowded location and take public transport a lot. For everyone else, seems really unlikely that the people you interact with will have setup a malicious attack for your watch brand. I don't think wardriving smart watches is a thing. I'd only suggest that if the watch supports putting a credit card on it that you rethink doing that.

GJim 2y ago
> who cares I hear this a lot. Yet those same people suddenly do care when their personal information (or that of their wife/girlfriend/child) ends up all over the internet.
- cogman10 2y ago
  The extent of the personal data is what you put on the watch. Anonymous heart rate data simply isn't interesting to anyone. You won't find any dark net health statistics.
microtherion 2y ago
ApplePay is a major use case for my Apple Watches. Don't Android watches use the Google equivalent, however that is branded at the moment? Another use case is using the watch to unlock other devices. That also seems security sensitive. And some people may be uncomfortable about the health data that could be extracted from such a watch.
- cogman10 2y ago
  > I'd only suggest that if the watch supports putting a credit card on it that you rethink doing that. I'm not giving these watches a ringing endorsement. I wouldn't buy or wear one. I'm just saying the authentication system isn't super dire.