[ale] somewhat OT - are Android Smartwatch Bluetooth notifiers safe?

[TxMoose]

For what its worth, BT is an unencrypted link between devices, but data 
put on that "wire" can be encrypted.  My Fitbit has an option to encrypt 
SMS messages when sending them over BT to be displayed on my watch.

As for using their notifier app, I wouldn't trust it at all.  There are 
plenty of open source projects out there that should accomplish the same 
goals, and you can go scrub their source code yourself.

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Very respectfully,
Kyle Brieden

On 07-03-2017 14:06, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 03/07/2017 01:40 PM, Neal Rhodes wrote:
>> 
>> There appear to be quite a few BT Notifier Apps on the Android market.
>> Are any of them safe?   Have any been examined to see if they "phone
>> home" with details like my email passwords?
> 
> BT isn't "safe."
> 
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