Implanted Devices Are the Future of Medicine, but They’re Vulnerable to Hackers

Electronic medical implants can come with serious security risks

Yasmin Tayag
Future Human
Published in
2 min readNov 18, 2020

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The collision of technology and medicine has resulted in the future that early science fiction writers dreamed of: One where electronic medical devices are implanted into the body, making people truly bionic.

At Future Human, we’ve written a lot about these devices and the ways they can revolutionize medical treatment. In October, staff writer and resident biotech…

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Yasmin Tayag
Future Human

Editor, Medium Coronavirus Blog. Senior editor at Future Human by OneZero. Previously: science at Inverse, genetics at NYU.