Nokia 'Regrets' Withings Health App Backlash (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday July 10, 2017 @08:00AM from the breaking-things dept.

Nokia says it is "regrettable" that problems with its Health Mate fitness-tracking app have frustrated users. From a report: Nokia took over health tech firm Withings in 2016 and recently replaced the Withings Health Mate app with a Nokia-branded version. Health Mate has been downloaded more than one million times from app stores. But many users have left one-star reviews, saying the new app removed popular features from the Withings version and had technical issues. The company told the BBC an update would "integrate missing features." Before being taken over by Nokia, Withings made internet-connected health products such as weighing scales and air quality monitors, which provided data for the Health Mate app.

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Re:Why? by jbmartin6 · 2017-07-10 10:36 · Score: 3, Informative

An OS exploit is a different thing than an exploit in some app most people ever heard of. All the recent non_petya victims had updating turned on for some Ukrainian software app, that was the initial infection vector. Whomp whomp. Should have had autoupdating turned off.

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