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posted by janrinok on Friday February 03 2017, @10:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-have-no-privacy;-get-over-it dept.

Cory Doctorow reports via Boing Boing

Ross Compton, a 59-year-old homeowner in Middletown, Ohio called 911 in September 2016 to say that his house was on fire; there were many irregularities to the blaze that investigators found suspicious, such as contradictory statements from Compton and the way that the fire had started.

In the ensuing investigation, the police secured a warrant for the logs from his pacemaker, specifically, "Compton's heart rate, pacer demand, and cardiac rhythms before, during, and after the fire".

[...] The data from the pacemaker didn't correspond with Compton's version of what happened.

[...] [The cops] subsequently filed charges of felony aggravated arson and insurance fraud.

Cory links to coverage by Network World.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @03:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @03:15AM (#463000)

    Aristarchus can make the most inane comments, and some ass sucking fool mods him insightful? How many sock accounts does he have?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @03:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 05 2017, @03:46AM (#463010)

    How many sock accounts does he have?

    Probably one for every year he's been alive, so 2300+. Just my instinct telling me. On the other hand, maybe he is actually insightful, and you just don't see it, because, you are inane? Please, stop sucking your own ass, AC, it is undignified.