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about 11 hours ago ecbrenner said:

"A device to keep heartless hackers from altering the radio-controlled settings on pacemakers." Wired (Jan. 2009)

4 months ago qroqqa said:

Denning and her colleagues have proposed that IMD [implantable medical device] users wear a "cloaker" device that tells the IMD to ignore any unexpected instructions. When doctors need to talk to the device, they can simply remove the cloaker.
New Scientist, 20 August 2008

The cloaca is where you go if crackers get into the IMD first.

4 months ago johnmperry said:

what is it? a cloaca?

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