@tasket @lupyuen 1. To avoid extra controllers (cost, mobility); 2. To integrate with other services like online monitoring (not specifically cloud but dependant people); 3. To facilitate free market (user's freedom) . The other side is the why not? BLE is widely supported and in continuous improvement. Does a non standard or privative technology guarantee full security (protected against malicious people, in this case) on well-being devices?

@caligari @lupyuen Radio should not even BE in the frame for the basic operation of a medical device like that, doubly so for a crowded band devoted to cheapo consumer gadgets. Nor should that level of computing complexity and attack surface. (And I suspect these do not figure in the device's basic operation.)

@tasket @caligari @lupyuen It's not difficult to follow a signal. Ransomware attacks aren't going to be far behind as some of those systems use multiple wireless sensors.

They are difficult to open without using a Dremel. I've cut myself a few times with Xacto blades trying to get through that thick sonic welded plastic shell. At least the app wasn't too difficult to peek at. White listing devices and some other things that might possibly be going on.

There has to be a way to get in without bleeding everywhere.