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Efosa Udinmwen

Smartwatches could potentially be used to steal data from or launch attacks on air-gapped systems - I wonder how far-fetched that really is

Image of a woman pressing a button on the side of the Huawei Watch Fit Pro 4 smartwatch.

  • Smartwatches may soon be the newest tool for breaching even the most secure computer
  • Ultrasonic signals are invisible to us but may carry secrets out of air-gapped machines
  • SmartAttack depends on rare conditions, but its possibility proves no system is ever completely safe
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