Keynote - Karen Sandler
Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia2 HN recommenders · 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.
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4 comments from Hacker News
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. [VIDEO]
Sandler gave a much longer version of the talk at LCA [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]
Related: Karen Sandler's LC2012 keynote, which discusses the challenges of finding anything out about life-sustaining medical technology: [VIDEO]
Another really good talk about the topic, "freedon in my heart" by Karen Sandler: [VIDEO] It's mentioned in the article.