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Health trackers are widely adopted to support users with daily health and wellness tracking. They can help increase steps taken, enhance sleeping pattern, improve healthy diet, and promote overall health. Despite the growth in the adoption…

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As users increasingly introduce Internet-connected devices into their homes, having access to accurate and relevant cyber security information is a fundamental means of ensuring safe use. Given the paucity of information provided with many…

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This paper describes about how you can secure your Wireless Network from hackers about various threats to wireless networks, How hackers makes most use of it and what are the security steps one should take to avoid becoming victim of such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-05-07 V. C. K. P. Arul Oli , Elayaraja Ponram

Mobile health applications (mHealth apps), particularly in the health and fitness category, have experienced an increase in popularity due to their convenience and availability. However, this widespread adoption raises concerns regarding…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Albin Forsberg , Leonardo Horn Iwaya

The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is growing at a rapid rate. While much of this growth is consumer devices, IoT devices are also commonly found in corporate and industrial environments, as well. These devices can be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Danielle Hanson , Jeremy Straub

Wearable devices have gained huge popularity in today's world. These devices collect large-scale health data from their users, such as heart rate and step count data, that is privacy sensitive, however it has not yet received the necessary…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Bartlomiej Surma , Tahleen Rahman , Monique Breteler , Michael Backes , Yang Zhang

The focus of this paper is on wearable technologies which are increasingly being employed in the medical field. From smart watches to smart glasses, from electronic textile to data gloves; several gadgets are playing important roles in…

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Tracking physical activity reliably is becoming central to many research efforts. In the last years specialized hardware has been proposed to measure movement. However, asking study participants to carry additional devices has drawbacks. We…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-04-16 Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga , Mauro Cherubini

Wearable devices are a new form of mobile computer system that provides exclusive and user-personalized services. Wearable devices bring new issues and challenges to computer science and technology. This paper summarizes the development…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2015-04-06 He Jiang , Xin Chen , Shuwei Zhang , Xin Zhang , Weiqiang Kong , Tao Zhang

Movement disorders are becoming one of the leading causes of functional disability due to aging populations and extended life expectancy. Wearable health monitoring is emerging as an effective way to augment clinical care for movement…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Ganapati Bhat , Ranadeep Deb , Umit Y. Ogras

Protecting personal information privacy has become a controversial issue among online social network providers and users. Most social network providers have developed several techniques to decrease threats and risks to the users privacy.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-05-14 Nahier Aldhafferi , Charles Watson , A. S. M Sajeev

The increasing popular interest in personal telemetry, also called the Quantified Self or "lifelogging", has induced a popularity surge for wearable personal fitness trackers. Fitness trackers automatically collect sensor data about the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-03-27 Mahmudur Rahman , Bogdan Carbunar , Umut Topkara

With wearable devices such as smartwatches on the rise in the consumer electronics market, securing these wearables is vital. However, the current security mechanisms only focus on validating the user not the device itself. Indeed,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Hidayet Aksu , A. Selcuk Uluagac , Elizabeth S. Bentley

The last decade's market has been characterized by wearable devices, mainly smartwatches, edge, and cloud computing. A possible application of these technologies is to improve the safety of dangerous activities, especially driving motor…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Jacopo Sini , Luigi Pugliese , Sara Groppo , Michele Guagnano , Massimo Violante

The workplace influences the safety, health, and productivity of workers at multiple levels. To protect and promote total worker health, smart hardware, and software tools have emerged for the identification, elimination, substitution, and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-25 Vishal Patel , Austin Chesmore , Christopher M. Legner , Santosh Pandey

Wearable fitness devices are widely used to track an individual's health and physical activities to improve the quality of health services. These devices sense a considerable amount of sensitive data processed by a centralized third party.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-04 May Alhajri , Carsten Rudolph , Ahmad Salehi Shahraki

In a world where data is the new currency, wearable health devices offer unprecedented insights into daily life, continuously monitoring vital signs and metrics. However, this convenience raises privacy concerns, as these devices collect…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Karthik Barma

Wearable devices such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, and blood-pressure monitors process, store, and communicate sensitive and personal information related to the health, life-style, habits and interests of the wearer. This data is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Ludovic Barman , Alexandre Dumur , Apostolos Pyrgelis , Jean-Pierre Hubaux

The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly empowering people with an interconnected world of physical objects ranging from smart buildings to portable smart devices such as wearables. With the recent advances in mobile sensing, wearables…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Sudip Vhaduri , Christian Poellabauer

As wearable health technologies have grown more sophisticated, the distinction between "wellness" and "medical" devices has become increasingly blurred. While some features undergo formal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, many…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Akshay Kelshiker , Susan Cheng , Jivan Achar , Leo Anthony Celi , Divya Jain , Thinh Nguyen , Harsh Patel , Nina Prakash , Alice Wong , Barbara Evans