Imagine a glossy future in which your survival depends on the quality of a smartphone app. In such a scenario, a small software bug would no longer be merely a security flaw but would mutate into an existential threat. Although it sounds futuristic, this is already our reality. For example, the t:connect app drained the battery of the associated insulin pump t:slim X2 overnight, turning the life‑sustaining device into an almost deadly trap.

Matt Novak writes in “224 Injured After Glitchy Diabetes App Drains Insulin Pump Batteries” for gizmodo.com

“The reason for the recall is due to an issue with the software that may cause the mobile app to crash and be automatically relaunched by the iOS operating system,” the FDA recall explained. “This cycle intermittently repeats, which leads to excessive Bluetooth communication that may result in pump battery drain and may lead to the pump shutting down sooner than typically expected.”

The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.