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OSCON 2011: Karen Sandler

O'Reilly · 14.8K views · 2011-07-31 · 14:26

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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.

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microcolonel · 2018-11 · Reference

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): [VIDEO]

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microcolonel · 2013-07 · Reference

[VIDEO] << not a new "cyber" concern, a very old concern, with a new scientific american article.

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mikegerwitz · 2012-05 · Reference

Karen Sandler of the GNOME Foundation discussed an issue similar to this nearly a year ago at OSCON (2011): [VIDEO] Indeed, the first thing that came to mind when I saw this presentation was RMS' comment, as mentioned in this article.

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