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This is just one more inflammatory example of why free software is necessary, especially in medical devices. It should not be possible for your computing devic
by dublinben 10y ago
This is just one more inflammatory example of why free software is necessary, especially in medical devices. It should not be possible for your computing devices to be used against you without your consent. For more on this area specifically, please watch this excellent talk by Karen Sandler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcWlD2Y6HNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcWlD2Y6HNM
- burkaman 10y agoWhy specifically computing devices? Everything else can be used against you without your consent. I mean obviously you should be allowed to encrypt your stuff if you want to, but I don't see what's so inflammatory about this example. This guy did give his consent when he got a pacemaker installed, presumably so his doctor could give him better treatment by analyzing its data.
- PeterisP 10y agoWhat would free software change in this scenario? Assuming that the free-software pacemaker had the same functionality (including storing historical data) the same warrant could and would be used to retrieve that data without consent of the suspect.