Comment by mlsu
18 hours ago
I don't work for Medtronic. But it's extremely unlikely that will happen. It's not merely a matter of reverse engineering -- after the original medtronic "hack" / reverse engineer efforts (the ones that lead to the original openAPS system being developed) the FDA put out new guidance on cybersecurity protections for insulin pumps.
The communication between your phone/pump or glucose sensor/pump is encrypted now for all newer devices.
> Diabetic companies like Insulet have been very lax when it’s come to the hacking of their devices
Absolutely not true, not any more.
No it's true. Companies like Insulet and Dexcom could send out lawsuits to all the open source projects out there that involved REing. Dexcom's glucose share API was REed years ago, and Dexcom hasn't even tried updating or stopping the use of unofficial APIs. All I'm saying is that the companies really don't care at all.
> The communication between your phone/pump or glucose sensor/pump is encrypted now for all newer devices.
May I ask where did you get this info? And what “newer” means here?
This person is referring to this guidance document: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/digital-health-center-ex...
I'm a medical device developer working on this exact problem (glucose control)