• hello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netM
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    7 days ago

    More and more people should be aware of companies who use arbitration clauses in their products. The medical industry has been a feast for tech ghouls because none of their patients can say no.

    Death to capitalism.

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    Damn… this is the exact reason I got into software libre. Today a glucose monitor, tomorrow it’s some locked down neuralink.

  • decaptcha [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    I used to do contract work for clinics, one group signed a deal with Abbot to get access to their CGM ecosystem. The sell was to have this information right at the clinician’s fingertips to drive decision making, but the real purpose was of course to establish a PHI feed into the hungry mouths of data brokers.

    I was disgusted enough by this, but software bugs leading to deaths is something else. This unfortunately sent me down a grim line of thought: how vulnerable are these devices to someone with murderous intent? Not to disable it, but to trick it into administering a lethal insulin dose.