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Lawyer Demands Pacemaker Vendor Supply Source Code

Posted by Soulskill on from the write-your-own-plugins dept.

oztiks writes "Lawyer Karen Sandler's heart condition means she needs a pacemaker to ward off sudden death. Instead of trusting that the vendor will create a flawless platform for the device to operate, Sandler has demanded to see the device's source code. Sandler's reasoning brings into question the device's reliably, stability, and oddly enough, security."

7 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. It's not forced on her by whoda · · Score: 5, Funny

    She could just let her heart regulate itself naturally.

    1. Re:It's not forced on her by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

      But if you listen to the interview, she makes, what I see, a compelling point: these devices have WiFi connections.

      Tinfoil vest.

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  2. Re:first, we kill all of the lawyers by NatasRevol · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you just seriously say that there are no more software bugs in their code?

    You're the reason lawyers exist.

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  3. thump by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    10 thump
    20 thump
    30 sleep 1s
    40 go to 10

  4. Re:first, we kill all of the lawyers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I assume you meant to say "exorbitant" although you could say that lawyers excel in absorbing their clients' money.

  5. It's not surprising a lawyer has a defective heart by trout007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought they had their hearts removed when they passed the bar at the same place that performs MBA lobotomies.

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  6. Re:It's not surprising a lawyer has a defective he by paiute · · Score: 5, Funny

    The MBA lobotomy is a very precise operation, they only remove the parts of the brain that remember to pay taxes and how to truthfully report corp. earnings.

    You forgot empathy.

    If you had measurable empathy in the first place, they wouldn't have let you in.

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