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Imagine you're having a CT scan and malware alters the radiation levels – it's doable

Stoneshop

Crowbar

Could this be made only using mechanical (and simple electronic - no computation) components?

Probably, although I'm saying that based on my general understanding of this stuff; might need a different approach in specific cases.

Portable radiation meters, despite containing a bunch of electronics with quite probably a microprocessor at its centre, are meant to be autonomous (and usually portable, but that's not really relevant here). So they would make a decent base for such a crowbar system, provided they're sensitive to the radiation used in the CT or treatment device.

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