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Keynote - Karen Sandler

Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 20.1K views · 2012-01-20 · 54:51

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Overview

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.

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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.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2012–2016

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What people said

joeyh · 2012-03 · Strong recommendation

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]

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jordigh · 2016-08 · Recommendation

Another really good talk about the topic, "freedon in my heart" by Karen Sandler: [VIDEO] It's mentioned in the article.

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rodgerd · 2015-05 · Reference

Related: Karen Sandler's LC2012 keynote, which discusses the challenges of finding anything out about life-sustaining medical technology: [VIDEO]

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