OSCON 2011: Karen Sandler
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Brought up whenever medical device security or open-source firmware in implants is discussed.
What it is
Karen Sandler, then Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, talks at OSCON 2011 about the risks of proprietary, closed-source software in implanted medical devices like her own pacemaker-defibrillator.
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What Hacker News said
Cites notm · 2012-02 · on “Wireless drug-delivery microchips, more consistent than injections”
I feel uneasy with body implanted microchips running proprietary software that can be accessed wirelessly. Am I the only one? Sure no, ask Karen Sandler. Relevant: [this video]
Cites mikegerwitz · 2012-05 · on “Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source?”
Karen Sandler of the GNOME Foundation discussed an issue similar to this nearly a year ago at OSCON (2011): [this video] Indeed, the first thing that came to mind when I saw this presentation was RMS' comment, as mentioned in this article.
Cites microcolonel · 2013-07 · on “A New Cyber Concern: Hack Attacks on Medical Devices”
[this video] << not a new "cyber" concern, a very old concern, with a new scientific american article.
Cites microcolonel · 2018-11 · on “FDA isn't doing enough to prevent medical device hacking, HHS report says”
Karen Sandler, then (2011) Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation on her experience trying to navigate the issue of getting a pacemaker-defibrilator, including fairly serious security concerns (device functioning can be affected by easily spoofed, unauthenticated radio communications): [this video]