Keeping Pacemakers Safe From Hackers

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control have now developed a scheme for protecting implantable medical devices against wireless attacks. The approach relies on using ultrasound waves to determine the exact distance between a medical device and the wireless reader attempting to communicate with it." I had no idea that things have gotten so bad that hearts are being hacked.

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The romantic possibilities

[gestalt_n_pepper]

*Now* I know how to get her heart racing whenever she sees me.

Or is that too hard hearted of me?