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Until there is a cause of death from a thorough autopsy, I think it's too early to say whether this is suspicious or not. I can't believe you are being upvoted

Until there is a cause of death from a thorough autopsy, I think it's too early to say whether this is suspicious or not. I can't believe you are being upvoted for saying this.

marshray 13y ago
Russia Today certainly knows how to state it for maximum effect: "Hacker dies days before he was to reveal how to remotely kill pacemaker patients" http://rt.com/usa/hacker-pacemaker-barnaby-jack-639/ http://rt.com/usa/hacker-pacemaker-barnaby-jack-639/ Edit: It seems very relevant to keep in mind that this is not the first time someone (or even Jack in particular) had demoed remote kill switch functionality for human beings. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-29/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-29/mcafee-hacker-says-...
- GigabyteCoin 13y ago
  The kind of thing they're referring to is commonplace in Russia, unfortunately, so you can't exactly blame them for thinking that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_R...
lawnchair_larry 13y ago
> I can't believe you are being upvoted for saying this. Perhaps consider that many posters and readers here knew him in person.
- marshray 13y ago
  For those of you who knew him, do you think he personally would have wanted a day without people being suspicious of their world or comments about conspiracy theories on the internet? Because he sounds to me like a guy who really loved busting people's assumptions, in your face, and without apology.
baconhigh 13y ago
Death was not suspicious. Confirmed by family. I'd rather not say anything more than that.
- steve19 13y ago
  One family member expressed concern to me about his death. (Note: concern, I am not claiming there was some conspiracy theory)
northwest 13y ago
> Until there is a cause of death from a thorough autopsy Even with that in mind: technology is probably sufficiently advanced today to be able to not leave any traces, if the budget is there. Plus, don't forget that Hastings [1] was cremated without his family asking for it (there is always one way or another to make traces disappear). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%...

Until there is a cause of death from a thorough autopsy, I think it's too early to say whether this is suspicious or not. I can't believe you are being upvoted for saying this.

marshray 13y ago

Russia Today certainly knows how to state it for maximum effect: "Hacker dies days before he was to reveal how to remotely kill pacemaker patients" http://rt.com/usa/hacker-pacemaker-barnaby-jack-639/ http://rt.com/usa/hacker-pacemaker-barnaby-jack-639/ Edit: It seems very relevant to keep in mind that this is not the first time someone (or even Jack in particular) had demoed remote kill switch functionality for human beings. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-29/mcafee-hacker-says-medtronic-insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-attack.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-29/mcafee-hacker-says-...

GigabyteCoin 13y ago
The kind of thing they're referring to is commonplace in Russia, unfortunately, so you can't exactly blame them for thinking that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_R...

lawnchair_larry 13y ago

> I can't believe you are being upvoted for saying this. Perhaps consider that many posters and readers here knew him in person.

marshray 13y ago
For those of you who knew him, do you think he personally would have wanted a day without people being suspicious of their world or comments about conspiracy theories on the internet? Because he sounds to me like a guy who really loved busting people's assumptions, in your face, and without apology.

baconhigh 13y ago

Death was not suspicious. Confirmed by family. I'd rather not say anything more than that.

steve19 13y ago
One family member expressed concern to me about his death. (Note: concern, I am not claiming there was some conspiracy theory)

northwest 13y ago

> Until there is a cause of death from a thorough autopsy Even with that in mind: technology is probably sufficiently advanced today to be able to not leave any traces, if the budget is there. Plus, don't forget that Hastings [1] was cremated without his family asking for it (there is always one way or another to make traces disappear). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_%28journalist%...