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I will absolutely never use a digital service for mental health. There have been breach of personal data with very little consequences for the leakers. Mental h
by pm90 5y ago
I will absolutely never use a digital service for mental health. There have been breach of personal data with very little consequences for the leakers. Mental health/wellness data is also an incredible data set to mine for targeting ads (as others have pointed out).
This is also the main reason I use a paper notebook as my diary for journaling. I’m ok with the trade off of not having backups: the alternative of this data being mined and leaked online is not a risk I’m willing to take. In fact, I simply don’t feel comfortable writing online honestly at all, my brain is conditioned to believe anything in the cloud is simply not secure.
- worik 5y ago>my brain is conditioned to believe anything in the cloud is simply not secure Technically untrue, but true nonetheless. There are a lot of techniques for ensuring the security of data. Techniques where even the supplier of the service cannot access your data. But they do not add (in the general case) to the bottom line. In another generation (or two) users may get educated to insist on it. But for now the refrain "I have nothing to hide, why should I care about privacy?" is very common. My reply is "you have nothing to hide, now. When you do it will be too late". I have a lot of empathy for Cassandra!