How to Lock Down Your Health and Fitness Data

Apps like FitBit and Apple Health collect some of the most sensitive data you have. Here's how to control what they can see and what they can do with it...

Pentagon Bans Soldiers from Using GPS Apps and Devices

After fitness apps have been shown to reveal the locations of U.S. military personnel in hot zones around the world, the Pentagon is mandating that armed service members must switch off any device using GPS functionality if they are deployed in “operational areas.” “Effective immediately, Defense...

Many Health and Fitness Apps Remain Vulnerable

It seems little has changed over the last several years when it comes to how health and fitness apps go about securing user information. According to a survey carried out by the firm Arxan last fall, 86 percent of health apps it reviewed at had at least two critical vulnerabilities and 55 percent...