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 Effect, a Canadian privacy non-profit firm, suggests that Apple Smartwatches and their associated IoT software ecosystems are the most well-designed wearables currently available. Of 8 devices tested , Apple's Smartwatch was found to feature the highest levels of Bluetooth privacy protection, thereby decreasing the likelihood that individual users' movements can be tracked when their fitness bands are not actively paired with the device. The study also revealed that while many smartwatches, including those made by Samsung, have been able to track users without being connected to an iPhone, only one device in this group has been able