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And what can be seen as a loss for privacy is a win for openness. Honestly, if you've stolen my watch I'm going to be pissed you stole my watch, I don't really care if you know I'm a slow runner.

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My takeaway is that Garmin could probably stand to put a layer on top of this to stop it being embarassingly accessible while continuing to keep the data in open user-readable standards. This could be as simple as "(optionally, default do) prompt for a PIN on the device when mass storage / MTP is requested".

I don't find Apple's watch offering compelling, but I can appreciate that it won't just dump all your data e.g. at a customs checkpoint.

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