Your new tech may kill you

[RicInOR]

Iphone 12 gets called out, cause it is the new hotness, but could be plenty of other devices

IPhone12 will stop your implantable defibrillator

In a recent paper in the journal Heart Rhythm, doctors describe how they turned off the potentially life-saving cardiac defibrillator function of an implanted Medtronic device simply by holding an iPhone 12 near it. The authors had nothing personal against Medtronic, or for that matter, against...

medicalxpress.com

" In a recent paper in the journal Heart Rhythm, doctors describe how they turned off the potentially life-saving cardiac defibrillator function of an implanted Medtronic device simply by holding an iPhone 12 near it. The authors had nothing personal against Medtronic, or for that matter, against the new iPhone. The main reason they singled the phone out here was because it is compatible with some of the most advanced new technologies available for various magnetic-based communications and charging. "

If you have some medical implant, be forewarned.

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[Ramjet12]

Medtronic has a history of making poorly designed devices.

Exclusive: Medtronic probes insulin pump risks

Medtronic Inc has asked software security experts to investigate the safety of its insulin pumps, as a new claim surfaced that at least one of its devices could be hacked to dose diabetes patients with potentially lethal amounts of insulin.

www.reuters.com

NVD - CVE-2019-10964

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NVD - CVE-2020-27252

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[Deerhurst]

Well, a phone will shut off a pacemaker and toyotas adaptive cruise control will run you into a semi or make someone rear end you. Technology thinks it's smarter than you. It's not.

 

[cigars]

I'm sure there's an app for that.....