[maj0rhn]

Blaming Apple is not absurd. The interaction between magnets near the chest and cardiac rhythm devices has been well known since at least the 1980s. Even I can remember a published case report of a person carrying a stereo speaker, and a magnet in the speaker deactivated his ICD.

If Apple were two guys in a garage, you could forgive them. But a trillion dollar company... not so much.

[Johnythree]

Blaming Apple is absolutely absurd. Using a simple magnet to control critical medical equipment is appallingly bad engineering.

Image if a simple magnet could be used to start your car or to unlock your front door.

That a cheap keyfob has more embedded security that a piece of life-giving medical equipment is just unbelievable.

As you have said, powerful magnets have been common in private homes for 50 years.

There's no way this is Apples fault.