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@tasket @lupyuen 1. To avoid extra controllers (cost, mobility); 2. To integrate with other services like online monitoring (not specifically cloud but dependant people); 3. To facilitate free market (user's freedom) . The other side is the why not? BLE is widely supported and in continuous improvement. Does a non standard or privative technology guarantee full security (protected against malicious people, in this case) on well-being devices?

@lupyuen Maybe not true now, but one thing I discovered about the dbus-daemon, when I studied it years ago for a company project, was that it could block the root user from using D-Bus. That might have unexpected side-effects.

@lupyuen I'd have to question why anyone's insulin pump is controlled by an android device OR bluetooth.

@lupyuen that’s a beautiful way to show release notes! Hope more projects include a similar approach

"People using Bluetooth-enabled Hearing Aids and Heart Rate Monitoring tools also reported disruption, which could put their well-being at risk"

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

@lupyuen did you compile it on device, cross-compile or didntjey have binaries readily available?

I remember a few years back running their bootstrap script to compile it.

Fun fact also, their original compiler implementation was written in Pascal!
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