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Keynote - Karen Sandler

Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · talk · Watch on YouTube

Hacker culture & free softwareSecurity & hackingMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Karen Sandler's keynote at Linux.conf.au 2012 on the software running inside medical devices such as her own pacemaker-defibrillator. She discusses the difficulty of learning what code runs in life-sustaining devices and why open source matters there.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it in threads about medical device security and software transparency as an excellent, personal case for open source in implants.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “here's a really excellent talk by Karen Sandler.”

    Talk on security and bugs in software running your heart device

    joeyh, 2012-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Body Hacking: Thoughts Regarding My Magnet Implant”

  2. “Another really good talk about the topic”

    Talk on software running inside your body

    jordigh, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in ““I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body””

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: pacemaker, open source, medical devices, software freedom, security

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