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We need a law that companies provide device owners root access for every end of life device.
I think medical device manufacturers should have to support their products for some definite length of time—maybe 10 years?—or not be allowed to make devices at all
Medical devices are already supported for a very long time. At least the official ones used in hospitals.
Supported? Maybe. Making sure that it works with the latest technology? No.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2019/08/02/two-years-later-windows-xp-devices-can-still-make-the-health-care-industry-wannacry/