HealthKit functionality. This information can be extremely useful to medical professionals to
help diagnose a patient.
FIGURE 8-4. Heart-rate data collected by the Apple Watch
Government regulations and required health approvals will delay the convergence of data
collected from personal devices into medical records, yet it is likely that it will eventually hap-
pen. Since devices such as the Fitbit and the Apple Watch are able to collect this information,
it is valuable to begin to have a conversation on potential abuses of such data. One potential
scenario for abuse in this case is the ability of a malicious entity to alter the stored informa-
tion that is then relied upon by a medical professional. For example, tampering with an <span
class="keep-together">individual’s heart rate statistics could result in a physician pre-
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