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And - in a large organization, where you need to communicate patient information to a potentially significant number of doctors, for example - what prevents one
by ori_b 16y ago
And - in a large organization, where you need to communicate patient information to a potentially significant number of doctors, for example - what prevents one unscrupulous doctor from posting the information in plain text when it gets decrypted?
Encryption works fine for trusted communication, but it's not a solution when the people posting the information are also potential valid recipients.
- jacquesm 16y agoThis is absolutely true, which is why I'm categorically against long lived record keeping in centralized databases when it comes to stuff like this. Eventually it will hit the street and eventually it will be abused, you can pretty much count on it. That's also the reason why I have yet to get a new passport because I don't think the government should have my fingerprints on file, given their history with respect to data loss and internal abuse cases.