Kaspersky Labs Blog – 5.31.18 (5.30.18)
Can a smartwatch be used to spy on its owner? Sure, and we already know lots of ways. But here’s another: A spying app installed on a smartphone can send data from the built-in motion sensors (namely, accelerometer and gyroscope) to a remote server, and that data can be used to piece together the wearer’s actions — walking, sitting, typing, and so on.
Read more: Experiment: How easy is it to spy on a smartwatch wearer?