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So you send your urine test results to the "cloud". Now the Google engineers will know whether you are going to die even before your doctor does. That's just gr

So you send your urine test results to the "cloud". Now the Google engineers will know whether you are going to die even before your doctor does. That's just great.

riffraff 6y ago
can't wait to see ads for coffins and start wondering if google knows more than I do.
manmal 6y ago
Reading „cloud“ and „cancer test“ in the same article gives me the shivers. This is arguably one of the most sensitive pieces of information one can own about a person. The NN could just run in the app, recent phones are heavily optimized for this anyway.
- skrunch 6y ago
  On the fence about this. On the one hand I agree that sensitive data should stay local, but on the other hand this would make their very valuable asset (the model) public.
- yread 6y ago
  Is it really that scary? In countries with sane laws and/or universal health care you can shout about your cancer diagnosis from the rooftops.
  - peteradio 6y ago
    Now imagine you live in a country without sane (or sanely enforced) protective laws _OR_ universal healthcare!
- mixedbit 6y ago
  Do cloud tests really change much? How many people will start Googling information about a disease as soon as they have a positive diagnosis, giving Google the information without any cloud tests.
  - skummetmaelk 6y ago
    Your argument is that because things are already bad it doesn't hurt to make them worse?
    - mixedbit 6y ago
      No, it wasn't my argument
  - manmal 6y ago
    I could be googling for a relative, or because of an upcoming test. An uploaded test is a hard fact.
borg_ 6y ago
wow, there's no mentioning of Google in the article at all (ctrl-F showed no hit); Even then, "Google engineers" do NOT just get access to GCP client's data... it would be a immense breach of client trust for GCP and would be a code red for google immediately. Please refrain from making strenuous, baseless connections to arbitrary articles for your own privacy vendetta. It helps nobody.
- anonymou2 6y ago
  I used Google as an example of what it normally means to send stuff to the cloud. Sorry If it bothered you. Insert X powerful monopoly private company instead.
  - mhh__ 6y ago
    HN readers don't seem to be very good at detecting hypotheticals used as narrative devices. I think the "no jokes or fun" rule hurts comprehension.
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So you send your urine test results to the "cloud". Now the Google engineers will know whether you are going to die even before your doctor does. That's just great.

riffraff 6y ago

can't wait to see ads for coffins and start wondering if google knows more than I do.

manmal 6y ago

Reading „cloud“ and „cancer test“ in the same article gives me the shivers. This is arguably one of the most sensitive pieces of information one can own about a person. The NN could just run in the app, recent phones are heavily optimized for this anyway.

skrunch 6y ago
On the fence about this. On the one hand I agree that sensitive data should stay local, but on the other hand this would make their very valuable asset (the model) public.
yread 6y ago
Is it really that scary? In countries with sane laws and/or universal health care you can shout about your cancer diagnosis from the rooftops.
- peteradio 6y ago
  Now imagine you live in a country without sane (or sanely enforced) protective laws _OR_ universal healthcare!
mixedbit 6y ago
Do cloud tests really change much? How many people will start Googling information about a disease as soon as they have a positive diagnosis, giving Google the information without any cloud tests.
- skummetmaelk 6y ago
  Your argument is that because things are already bad it doesn't hurt to make them worse?
  - mixedbit 6y ago
    No, it wasn't my argument
- manmal 6y ago
  I could be googling for a relative, or because of an upcoming test. An uploaded test is a hard fact.

borg_ 6y ago

wow, there's no mentioning of Google in the article at all (ctrl-F showed no hit); Even then, "Google engineers" do NOT just get access to GCP client's data... it would be a immense breach of client trust for GCP and would be a code red for google immediately. Please refrain from making strenuous, baseless connections to arbitrary articles for your own privacy vendetta. It helps nobody.

anonymou2 6y ago
I used Google as an example of what it normally means to send stuff to the cloud. Sorry If it bothered you. Insert X powerful monopoly private company instead.
- mhh__ 6y ago
  HN readers don't seem to be very good at detecting hypotheticals used as narrative devices. I think the "no jokes or fun" rule hurts comprehension.

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