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For an implant that important, especially one with any sort of network connectivity, I would especially want to be able to see the source code. The repeated very basic security vulnerabilities in Medtronic devices only reinforces this.

The more integral these implants get, the more this feels like "you're not legally permitted to know how this part of your body works".




> The more integral these implants get, the more this feels like "you're not legally permitted to know how this part of your body works".

Imagone the human rights abuses possible with this technology. You could offer loans for digital organs. and if the paymwnt is late you turn organs off remotely!


Marching boldly into a cyberpunk dystopia.




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