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excon · Mar 12, 2008, 08:22 AM

Hello:

I just read where hackers can wirelessly access those electronic devices implanted in our chests and reprogram them to deliver a sharp electrical shock most likely killing the subject. Kind of like those RFID devices.

You know, Cheney has one of those defibrillators.. Do you think anybody would do that to ? Nahhh.

excon

Scottish2008 · Mar 12, 2008, 08:27 AM

Lol.. you never know.. hehe, Where did you read about it?

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE · Mar 12, 2008, 08:31 AM

We will have electronic deviced implanted in our bodies? Uh... that day will come when I am long gone from this planet.

I heard from a not so useful resource that in the future the government is going to implant those tracking devices in new borns. Sick!

I hate the US...

excon · Mar 12, 2008, 08:31 AM

Hello again, S:

In the Seattle PI. These are the same people who hacked into the Diebold electronic voting machines and showed where elections can be fixed.

Do you think Al Quaida reads the Seattle paper?

excon

NeedKarma · Mar 12, 2008, 08:33 AM

Hmm... didn't know that but it's true. I quick Google got me this:
Scientists Demo Freaky New Hacking Target: Pacemakers
And
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/bu...2heart-web.htm

NeedKarma · Mar 12, 2008, 08:35 AM

To brunette,
He's referring to a pacemaker.

To excon,
The Diebold debacle is actually not a hack but a built-in programming 'problem' that nefarious users can access to alter results.

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE · Mar 12, 2008, 08:40 AM

What is a pacemaker?

NeedKarma · Mar 12, 2008, 08:45 AM

2 seconds in Google: Implantable pacemaker definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms

excon · Mar 12, 2008, 08:46 AM

Hello beautiful:

It's an electronic device that keeps the heart on a good "pace" when it's had trouble doing it on its own.

A defibrillator is an electronic device that can shock the heart back into regular sinus rhythm when the heart starts defibrillating - or just jiggling and NOT pumping blood.

These devices are now small enough to be inserted INSIDE our chests and they're made to be adjusted wirelessly.

excon

Fr_Chuck · Mar 12, 2008, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by excon

Hello again, S:

In the Seattle PI. These are the same people who hacked into the Diebold electronic voting machines and showed where elections can be fixed.

Do you think Al Quaida reads the Seattle paper?

excon

Does anyone read the Seattle paper?

Fr_Chuck · Mar 12, 2008, 08:55 AM

Maybe Bush needs a device that gives him a shock when he says something stupid.

bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE · Mar 12, 2008, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by excon

Hello beautiful:

It's an electronic device that keeps the heart on a good "pace" when it's had trouble doing it on its own.

A defibrillator is an electronic device that can shock the heart back into regular sinus rhythm when the heart starts defibrillating - or just jiggling and NOT pumping blood.

These devices are now small enough to be inserted INSIDE our chests and they're made to be adjusted wirelessly.

excon

Oh okay. How naiive of me to think otherwise. So this device is only for people with said heart conditions? That's neat.