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Today I was asked for the 10th damn time to build something that could expose a small amount of HIPAA data. The last 9 times I explained how building this featu
by nulagrithom 9y ago
Today I was asked for the 10th damn time to build something that could expose a small amount of HIPAA data. The last 9 times I explained how building this feature would, at the least, require a security audit, but nobody understood why I was making such a big deal.
Today, I almost said "Fuck it, if you want to make a blatantly negligent mistake then just reply to this email detailing once more how stupid this is and I'll just build it." If I get asked once more, I still might.
Does that make me an unethical money chasing individual? I dunno, maybe. And maybe I'm wrong and it's not a big deal -- I honestly don't know if that feature is a HIPAA violation or not. But most of all, I just want to keep my job and keep feeding my family.
I wouldn't be too quick to condemn the people that wrote this for Uber.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoWhat boggles my mind is the notion that a potential HIPAA violation is some grand immorality. It's just information about somebody. It's nice to keep secret, but no great loss to society if it was made public.
- fidget 9y agoPlease let me know where you work, so I can avoid any product potentially produced by you.
- Crito 9y agoWow, you're a real piece of work.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoIf you can explain why it's so bad somebody's medical info gets leaked out, I'm all ears. As far as I can tell HIPAA makes medicine more expensive. That's bad! What if you could opt in to healthcare that was 20% cheaper, but was only subject to contractual promises of medical privacy, not the HIPAA. Would you take the deal?
- Crito 9y agoDo society a favor and remove yourself from the industry.
- yawaworht12 9y agoBecause he suggested that people be allowed to choose between privacy and cost? For some people, 20% might be a significant cost and they don't care about medical details leaking.
- lucasmullens 9y agoIf you're a software engineer at Uber you can more than afford to feed your family, and you probably have comparable opportunities elsewhere. IMO people making $250k+ a year lose the "I just need to put food on the table" excuse used to justify their immoral job.