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The problem is not governments accessing this data. Its advertisers and marketers. I notice that the Wallgreens app wants your 'step data' so it an offer your
by 45h34jh53k4j 9y ago
The problem is not governments accessing this data. Its advertisers and marketers.
I notice that the Wallgreens app wants your 'step data' so it an offer your discounts for being healthy.
How much is this a jump to Cancer/HIV status for 'discounts'.
- SilasX 9y agoLife insurance already gives you a steep discount for not having AIDS.
- EADGBE 9y agoAnd health insurance used to.
- komali2 9y ago>The problem is not governments accessing this data. Some people have a big problem with governments accessing this data. For example, the US government has used brute-force to access data and bully both citizens and non-citizens. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/technology/aclu-border-patrol-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/technology/aclu-border-pa... https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/us/citizen-nasa-engineer-detained-at-border-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/us/citizen-nasa-engineer-deta... I can find more individualized cases if you'd like. I, for one, do not trust the organization known to send people to offshore prisons to be tortured with no judicial overview to "do the right thing" regarding my data, especially when that organization gets penetrated by data breaches so often.
- openasocket 9y agoThat would be a HIPPA violation, unless you signed a bunch of forms authorizing access.