Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has moved into the White House facing many weighty issues: a global pandemic. A crushing recession. Racial injustice. Right-wing extremism.
But Biden’s personal weight-control and exercise regimen will face a different kind of burning question: Can he bring his Peloton bike with him?
The answer, cybersecurity experts say, is yes. Sort of. But more on that later.
What is a Peloton bike?
A Peloton, for the uninitiated, is part indoor stationary bike, part social media network. The bikes are expensive - upward of $2,500 apiece - and have tablets attached, enabling riders to livestream or take on-demand classes and communicate with one another. Each rider has a “leader board name,” a unique identifier posted on the screen alongside “output,” a measure of how hard the rider is working.