On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:20:20PM +0000, jim bell wrote:
It should be fairly simple to protect against heart-implant hacks. First, communication with them is probably limited to inductively-coupled signalling, at a fairly high level. Secondly, it should be based on a two-way challenge/response system: The external device signals a code, call it a password, to which the implant would respond with a reply, which itself includes a randomized code. The external device reads that randomized code, processes it in some way (presumably a hash), and retransmits it to the implant. Only if the implanted device receives what it considers the correct code, would it allow further manipulation. Presumably, any attempt to illegitimately access such a device wouldn't be close enough to read the implant's reply signals, and thus couldn't proceed further. "Do you have have a match?". "No, but I have a lighter". "Even better". "Until they go wrong".
Jim Bell
IMHO even if you get perfect info security (which is impossible), this will be just a small step. Humans are screwing the climate and the food with dangerous food supplements. In the long term this might extinguish humans in its present form. Heard that in Australia skin cancer is major concern, closely related to the Sun and there a lot of food supplements (locally we call them "E"-s) are forbidden by law. I deny being green, but judge for yourself.