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OSCON 2011: Karen Sandler

Name: OSCON 2011: Karen Sandler
Description: 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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Brought up whenever medical device security or open-source firmware in implants is discussed.

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.

“on her experience trying to navigate the issue of getting a pacemaker-defibrilator, including fairly serious security concerns” (HN, 2018)

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@notm Feb 2012 Cites it

on HN thread 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]

Karen Sandler on risks of proprietary software in implanted medical devices.

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@mikegerwitz May 2012 Cites it

on HN thread 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.

Sandler's OSCON 2011 talk on closed-source pacemaker software concerns.

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@microcolonel Jul 2013 Cites it

on HN thread 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.

Shows the medical device security concern is old, not new.

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@microcolonel Nov 2018 Cites it

on HN thread 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]

Sandler's experience getting a pacemaker-defibrillator and its security concerns.

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