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Which Sensors Do I Have In My Smartphone? How Do They Work?

The smartphones we use today are sophisticated little machines that have gone through an incredible evolution over the last decade. They are now capable of working as a personal assistant that can monitor our heartbeat, track our movements, and anticipate our needs. But have you ever wondered how does your smartphone achieve such remarkable feats? […]

Smartwatch Users Beware – Report Identifies Vulnerabilities in Wearable Devices

In the past, we reported how your wearable fitness trackers can be hacked. Now, The university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s associate professor Romit Roy Choudhry used a local app on Samsung Gear Live smartwatch to check the way data typed by a user got leaked due to the device’s motion sensors. According to Roy: “The project, called Motion […]