medtronic Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:51:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 How to re-attach an Omnipod pod https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-re-attach-an-omnipod-pod/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-re-attach-an-omnipod-pod Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:00:28 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7568 My wife is a type 1 diabetic, and for the past year or so she’s been using an Omnipod to deliver the insulin she needs. She likes the Omnipod a lot better than the old-fashioned Medtronic insulin pumps she used

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]]> 7568 A more likely use of the Medtronic exploit https://dfarq.homeip.net/a-more-likely-use-of-the-medtronic-exploit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-more-likely-use-of-the-medtronic-exploit https://dfarq.homeip.net/a-more-likely-use-of-the-medtronic-exploit/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:41:19 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4078 Yesterday morning, as I completed the long journey from my parking spot to my office, another more likely use of the security vulnerability in Medtronic insulin pumps occurred to me. Yes, the risks involving insulin are very real. And yes,

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/a-more-likely-use-of-the-medtronic-exploit/feed/ 1 4078 Shame on you, Medtronic https://dfarq.homeip.net/shame-on-you-medtronic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shame-on-you-medtronic https://dfarq.homeip.net/shame-on-you-medtronic/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:56:41 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4067 Insulin pumps marketed by Minneapolis-based Medtronic have a serious, life-threatening security flaw, and the company couldn’t care less. For these two reasons, this isn’t your typical security flaw, and Medtronic’s response–in 30 years, we’ve ever seen a problem that we

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