Tuesday, June 14, 2016

NSA "looking at" spying on implantable medical devices

Oh, great:
At the Defense One Tech Summit on Friday, NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett said, “We’re looking at it sort of theoretically from a research point of view right now.” 
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Ledgett, according to The Intercept, claimed surveillance via biomedical devices might be “a niche kind of thing … a tool in the toolbox.”
Wow.

3 comments:

  1. ShermJune 14, 2016 at 6:42 PM

    So if my pace maker someday starts broadcasting country music I'll just know it's some kind of software glitch.

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  2. drjimJune 14, 2016 at 11:27 PM

    That means it's not that long until they'll be able to remotely turn them off.

    For "security" reasons, of course....

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  3. Comrade MisfitJune 15, 2016 at 5:32 PM

    drjim, Dick Cheney told his doctors to disable the wireless component of his pacemaker because he was worried about just that.

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