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So with implantable biotech coming into reality, this story caught my eye. Ross Compton, an old dude with a pacemaker, is being tried for arson. While the article is thin on solid details, it looks like that the prosecution obtained his pace maker data, which recorded heart beat rate (nothing to do with the movie), pacer demand (nothing to do with used car sales), and cardiac rhythms (nothing to do with the band). This was all used against him by the prosecution as it seems as though his story did not match up with the physical activity he described in court. Oh its coming...
A cardiologist who reviewed that data determined, "it is highly improbable Mr. Compton would have been able to collect, pack and remove the number of items from the house, exit his bedroom window and carry numerous large and heavy items to the front of his residence during the short period of time he has indicated due to his medical conditions," according to court documents.
"It is just fundamentally unfair to say to a person the functioning of your body and the record of it related to illness that you have...is something that the government should then be able to take and use to incriminate a person," Rossi said.
A cardiologist who reviewed that data determined, "it is highly improbable Mr. Compton would have been able to collect, pack and remove the number of items from the house, exit his bedroom window and carry numerous large and heavy items to the front of his residence during the short period of time he has indicated due to his medical conditions," according to court documents.
"It is just fundamentally unfair to say to a person the functioning of your body and the record of it related to illness that you have...is something that the government should then be able to take and use to incriminate a person," Rossi said.