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Not necessarily. The problem is that it's very hard to really anonymize data[1] and the hospital may not necessarily know that. However, with Google, Facebook
by CaptainZapp 8y ago
Not necessarily.
The problem is that it's very hard to really anonymize data[1] and the hospital may not necessarily know that.
However, with Google, Facebook and (yes, even) Apple getting into the game my trust is ever more shattered. Let alone any shlocky "health-app" maker which sends your most personal data straight into "the cloud".
[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/your-secrets-liv...
- brlewis 8y agoThat's a terrible example to illustrate it's "very hard" to really anonymize data. Date of birth is an obvious deanonymizer. Zip code should never be included in publicly released data; it's too granular when combined with race and approximate age. Definitely thought needs to be put in, but I don't think "very hard" is right.
- gowld 8y ago> It's too granular when combined with race and approximate age. That goes or everything, and that's the problem with the PII concept. Passwords are (if handled well) unique secret keys. Either you know it or you don't. Close doesn't count. Personal identity is an amalgamation of dozens of personal facts, and each fact statistically deanonymizes a person.