WHOOP straps hold an encrypted Bluetooth bond with one device at a time. You cannot just scan and connect — if the strap is bonded to the official WHOOP app, third-party local-first apps like NOOP get refused at pairing. Live heart rate rides a standard bond-free Bluetooth profile, but deeper features (recovery, strain, sleep history offload) require that exclusive bond. The lock-in lives in the BLE pairing layer, not the cloud.
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