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“I appreciate you wanting to jump in,” Rick Hampton, wireless communications manager for Partners HealthCare System, said, “but frankly, some of the National En
by physguy1123 11y ago
“I appreciate you wanting to jump in,” Rick Hampton, wireless communications manager for Partners HealthCare System, said, “but frankly, some of the National Enquirer headlines that you guys create cause nothing but problems.”
This right here is the problem - Researchers unveiled serious threats in the hardware - the ones described in the article could all be used to kill. And the response to that? "Shut up, you're scaring people".
Those headlines should be scaring people because they are scary!
- FLUX-YOU 11y agoYou won't convince these guys, they're mostly jackasses. The only thing that will get through to them is something that pulls their negligence and horrid practices out into the light. You need headlines to break them. They will not do the right thing until they have to, and the FDA isn't going to get that rolling. I'd want good disclosure practices if someone was targeting my products, but I'm also not stubborn and defend terrible products with "Well, no one has been hurt yet!"
- anon4 11y agoWait until one of them (or their children) is hooked to a machine his company made, then administer a nearly lethal dose? Is it justified if the wake-up call saves thousands of lives down the line...