Keynote - Karen Sandler on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2012–2016.
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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.
HN commenters point to it in threads about medical device security and software transparency as an excellent, personal case for open source in implants.
“here's a really excellent talk by Karen Sandler.”
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
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
in “Body Hacking: Thoughts Regarding My Magnet Implant” · View on HN
Another really good talk about the topic, "freedon in my heart" by Karen Sandler: ▶ this video It's mentioned in the article.
in ““I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body”” · View on HN
Related: Karen Sandler's LC2012 keynote, which discusses the challenges of finding anything out about life-sustaining medical technology: ▶ this video
in “CVE-2015-3459 – Hospira Lifecare PCA Infusion Pump” · View on HN
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]
in “Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source?” · View on HN