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This is horrifying. When is the proliferation of these practices going to be stopped?

by mateo1 5y ago

LorenPechtel 5y ago
When the DEA is nuked from orbit.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > When the DEA is nuked from orbit. That does nothing. DEA is just the engine that turns outrage-driven laws from elected politicians i to concrete action. Destroying the agency won't remove the existence of such an engine, or reform the processes driving it.
  - WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
    True but the DEA provides critical services to help keep Americans in pain. A period where Drs have one less major threat could buy them a little breathing room - allow them to more fully practice medicine for a time.
WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
Probably not until we stop reelecting pols that legislate in response to major campaign donations.
Accujack 5y ago
Only when the US government is reformed. Presently, we don't have any laws governing what can be done with people's data like the EU does (GDPR). Collecting huge amounts of personal data for any purpose is allowed, whether that purpose is controlling people's choices at the store or maximizing profit of insurance companies by minimizing risk. Sale of personal data is allowed, including selling data you collect on your customers' spending habits. Most companies in the US treat it as an extra revenue stream, and everywhere in the US where you can use a "loyalty card" is really just you opting in to them collecting more data on you and selling it. Until things like aggregating personal data for corporate purposes are illegal here, this will continue, and corporations and government entities will continue to influence, control, and make judgements on individuals based on technology they don't themselves understand. And it will all happen in silence and darkness, because there are no laws prohibiting doctors from choosing how they treat people based on services like NarxCare. For profit health care is an abomination.

This is horrifying. When is the proliferation of these practices going to be stopped?

by mateo1 5y ago

This is horrifying. When is the proliferation of these practices going to be stopped?

LorenPechtel 5y ago

When the DEA is nuked from orbit.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> When the DEA is nuked from orbit. That does nothing. DEA is just the engine that turns outrage-driven laws from elected politicians i to concrete action. Destroying the agency won't remove the existence of such an engine, or reform the processes driving it.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
  True but the DEA provides critical services to help keep Americans in pain. A period where Drs have one less major threat could buy them a little breathing room - allow them to more fully practice medicine for a time.

WarOnPrivacy 5y ago

Probably not until we stop reelecting pols that legislate in response to major campaign donations.

Accujack 5y ago

Only when the US government is reformed. Presently, we don't have any laws governing what can be done with people's data like the EU does (GDPR). Collecting huge amounts of personal data for any purpose is allowed, whether that purpose is controlling people's choices at the store or maximizing profit of insurance companies by minimizing risk. Sale of personal data is allowed, including selling data you collect on your customers' spending habits. Most companies in the US treat it as an extra revenue stream, and everywhere in the US where you can use a "loyalty card" is really just you opting in to them collecting more data on you and selling it. Until things like aggregating personal data for corporate purposes are illegal here, this will continue, and corporations and government entities will continue to influence, control, and make judgements on individuals based on technology they don't themselves understand. And it will all happen in silence and darkness, because there are no laws prohibiting doctors from choosing how they treat people based on services like NarxCare. For profit health care is an abomination.