By AppleInsider Staff Monday, February 08, 2016, 07:22 am PT (10:22 am ET) Please enable JavaScript to view comments
New research from the University of Toronto and Open ##tooth , a Canadian privacy non - profit firm , suggests that Apple ##tooth and their associated IoT software ecosystems are the most well - designed wearables currently available . Of 8 devices tested , Apple 's device was found to possess the highest level of Bluetooth privacy protection , thereby increasing the likelihood that individual users ' movements can be tracked when their fitness bands are not actively paired with the device . These findings are important because other companies such as Garmin , Jawbone , Mio , Withings and Xiaomi showed that comparable weaknesses in their tracking security may call into question the integrity of fitness tracker data at a time when its legal status as evidence for court cases is currently being hotly debated .