2 HN users recommended this talk2 months2012–2016score 2.5
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HN commenters point to it in threads about medical device security and software transparency as an excellent, personal case for open source in implants.
Karen Sandler's keynote at Linux.conf.au 2012 on the software running inside medical devices such as her own pacemaker-defibrillator. She discusses the difficulty of learning what code runs in life-sustaining devices and why open source matters there.
“here's a really excellent talk by Karen Sandler.” (HN, 2012)
About that wireless connection to the device connected to your heart, and such things as security and bugs, here's a really excellent talk by Karen Sandler. [this video]
Talk on security and bugs in software running your heart device
Sandler gave a much longer version of the talk at LCA [this video] The paper both are based on is at [link] edit: Also, similar points can be made about other embedded and safety-critical software. security through obscurity in automobiles is scary, some materials on this at [link]
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