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Boffins use heartbeat to thwart wireless implant hack

Chinese cardiac crypto Interfering with wireless medical implants sounds like a movie threat plot rather than a real risk - but if there is a threat, Chinese boffins have come up with an ingenious solution for combating it.… ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Fri, Sep 05 2008

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