Story About Medical Device Security
February 18 2025Ben Rothke relates a story about me working with a medical device firm back when I was with BT. I don’t remember the story at all, or who the...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Opioid Alternatives from Squid Research
January 18 2025Is there nothing that squid research can’t solve? “If you’re working with an organism like squid that can edit genetic information way better than any other organism, then it makes...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid-Inspired Needle Technology
November 30 2024Interesting research: Using jet propulsion inspired by squid, researchers demonstrate a microjet system that delivers medications directly into tissues, matching the effectiveness of traditional needles. Blog moderation policy.
Read morePharmacies Giving Patient Records to Police without Warrants
January 11 2024Add pharmacies to the list of industries that are giving private data to the police without a warrant.
Read morePolice Get Medical Records without a Warrant
December 18 2023More unconstrained surveillance:
Lawmakers noted the pharmacies’ policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...
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A Digital Red Cross
November 14 2022The International Committee of the Red Cross wants some digital equivalent to the iconic red cross, to alert would-be hackers that they are accessing a medical network.
The emblem...
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Post-Roe Privacy
July 13 2022This is an excellent essay outlining the post-Roe privacy threat model. (Summary: period tracking apps are largely a red herring.)
Taken together, this means the primary digital threat for...
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Privacy Violating COVID Tests
February 25 2022A good lesson in reading the fine print: Cignpost Diagnostics, which trades as ExpressTest and offers £35 tests for holidaymakers, said it holds the right to analyse samples from seals...
Read moreDesigning Contact-Tracing Apps
September 13 2021Susan Landau wrote an essay on the privacy, efficacy, and equity of contract-tracing smartphone apps. Also see her excellent book on the topic.
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