# Freestyle Libre will encrypt transmissions and kill 3rd party access

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-will-encrypt-transmissions-and-kill-3rd-party-access/6514
**Category:** C/GM
**Tags:** freestyle-libre
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-will-encrypt-transmissions-and-kill-3rd-party-access/6514 "2019-02-07T22:11:31Z")
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### Author: ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-will-encrypt-transmissions-and-kill-3rd-party-access/6514/6 "2019-02-08T21:33:07Z")

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> [@Freestyle libre: what do you think?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/freestyle-libre-what-do-you-think/6086/5):
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> Abbot is now encrypting (scrambling) the data transfer between the sensor and the reader so that now only Abbott equipment works.

To be fair, the manufacturers have taken a lot of heat for making unencrypted devices, i.e. pacemakers and pumps that can download software and be used for looping etc. So it may not be completely a money thing, but rather a security thing as well.

This is just one example:

> **[Pacemaker Ecosystem Fails its Cybersecurity Checkup](https://threatpost.com/pacemaker-ecosystem-fails-its-cybersecurity-checkup/125942/)**
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> Pacemakers and pacemaker programmers lack authentication and are plagued with thousands of software vulnerabilities across leading manufacturers.

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