Nike+ FuelBand: Possibly a Big Security Hole For Your Life 162
MojoKid writes "Nike+ FuelBand is a $149 wristband with LED display that tracks your daily activity, tells you how many calories you've burned, lets you know how much fuel you have left in the tank, and basically keeps track of 'every move you make.' If you think that sounds like a privacy nightmare waiting to happen, it pretty much is. A source directly connected to Nike reported an amusing, albeit startling anecdote about a guy who got caught cheating on his girlfriend because of the Nike+ FuelBand. 'They shared their activity between each other and she noticed he was active at 1-2AM, when he was supposed to be home.' That's just one scenario. What if the wristband gets lost or stolen? How much data is actually stored on these sorts of devices? And remember, you're syncing it to the cloud with an iOS or Android app."
Re:This is FUD (Score:5, Funny)
pedometer
o.0 That's disgusting!
Re:This is FUD (Score:5, Funny)
Wrist activity? (Score:5, Funny)
If you wear the thing on your wrist and it detects motion then I would have thought that the excuse "I woke up in the middle of the night and was thinking about you" would have been plausible...
Re:This is FUD (Score:5, Funny)
Didn't you read the summary? It tracks every move you make, just like GPS vehicle trackers, RFID door keys, and a jingle bell on your kid's shoelace. Clearly this is something worthy of widespread panic.
Not just every move you make - also (per the summary) it tracks every step you take, every vow you break, and every smile you fake.
It'll be watching you.
Re:That's more tracking than intensive probation (Score:5, Funny)
*sigh* The Lord of the Rings was not a documentary.
Re:That's more tracking than intensive probation (Score:4, Funny)
Make your hand smell bad, I guess.
Re:That's more tracking than intensive probation (Score:4, Funny)
I assume that is has something to do with kinetics and motion, more than pulse.
For most of the people on Slashdot they would need to make sure that choose the correct wrist to place this on. Otherwise they would see a spike during certain online activities.
"Holy shit, were you being chased by a tiger for 45 seconds?"
Re:That's more tracking than intensive probation (Score:3, Funny)
Holy shit, were you being chased by a tiger for 45 seconds?
A little ambitious there, aren't you?