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Very soon we would have FBI and NSA requiring these pacemakers to have a kill switch to kill whoever they don't like.
by tn13 10y ago
Very soon we would have FBI and NSA requiring these pacemakers to have a kill switch to kill whoever they don't like.
- subway 10y agoThey don't need to. Private industry has shown time and again that the device will remain insecure until consumers care (that is, indefinitely).
- tn13 10y agoThose are two different things. Private industry's safety assurance will grow up steadily as the demand from consumers goes up. Currently we are just thankful to be alive. For example if someone invents an artificial device that helps me get rid of diabetes I would be super happy. It is only a generation later we would demand that device meet certain quality floor. That is the case with all innovations. Government however can put a very hard nail into the head of an innovation.