r/deuxrama: Uhh... that had to hurt

Make them hack proof if you do. Barnaby Jack got killed for learning how to hack them and he was gonna teach the Feds how to help and he still got killed.

1 ardasyenden 2019-05-07

hack proof

I mean unless you’re willingly letting people fiddle with your pacemaker I don’t see how it’d be hacked

1 mods_blow_goats 2019-05-07

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/avnx5j/i-worked-out-how-to-remotely-weaponise-a-pacemaker

He was a online friend but revered. They killed him. Also dick Cheney had his removed and one put in that was unable to be connected too.

1 ardasyenden 2019-05-07

So why are these devices designed with back doors that can lead to tampering?

There's valid reasoning behind having emergency methods to interrogate these devices. After all, these devices are implanted, and forgetting credentials would require cutting someone open [so they're made wirelessly-accessible so that doctors don't need to cut people open to make changes]. Our main concern is the distance in which these devices can be reprogrammed.

I've heard that many hospitals use out of date software that could potentially be full of malware. Does that pose a potential risk to people's health?

Yes, many hospitals are using out of date software, and malware is known to be rampant on hospital networks. Hospitals often don't update their software as they're afraid of running afoul of FDA regulations. I think there is certainly a potential health risk, particularly if malware infects critical machines.

And now I see the problem.

1 mods_blow_goats 2019-05-07

Yes. Also although we only spoke online I bet my everything I own barnaby didn’t die how they said. They were already made when he hacked ATM’s even though he told them how he did it. He should have been hired not killed.

1 -DeadHead- 2019-05-07

Doctors can be in many fields, not just medicine. Maybe she's a doctor of sacred music, or a computer science doctor (I'd guess the later earns more) or whatever.

1 funnystor 2019-05-07