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How do I know if my Apple Watch is getting hacked?

How do I know if my Apple Watch is getting hacked and how do I stop it?


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Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 8

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 12:56 PM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2023 1:18 PM

Just for kicks, I googled "Have Apple Watches ever been hacked?". I could not find single article that could say they had been. What I did read was that there was a vulnerability in watchOS 8.6 or older, that could possibly be exploited. But, again, I couldn't find anything that said hackers actually had made use of this exploit.


So, what you need to do is make sure that your watch has been updated to watchOS 8.7.1 which includes all the relevant security patches.


But, regardless of what you do, the likelihood of your watch being hacked is pretty close to zero.

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Jan 27, 2023 1:18 PM in response to Mkayser1

Just for kicks, I googled "Have Apple Watches ever been hacked?". I could not find single article that could say they had been. What I did read was that there was a vulnerability in watchOS 8.6 or older, that could possibly be exploited. But, again, I couldn't find anything that said hackers actually had made use of this exploit.


So, what you need to do is make sure that your watch has been updated to watchOS 8.7.1 which includes all the relevant security patches.


But, regardless of what you do, the likelihood of your watch being hacked is pretty close to zero.

How do I know if my Apple Watch is getting hacked?

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