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I know this isn't the point of your post, but what does your party affiliation mean in this context? I have known people from both parties who believed their pa

by rz2k 5y ago

I know this isn't the point of your post, but what does your party affiliation mean in this context? I have known people from both parties who believed their party affiliation was central to their anti-authoritarian stance, and people from both parties who thought that their preferred form of good government would control people. Do you think your party loyalty made you a more likely target, or should have made you a less likely target? That said, I use Tor for anything medical related. The NSA might wonder why I am licking my paws so much, or why I keep worrying about foxtails in my ears, but they haven't knocked on my door yet.

Buttons840 5y ago
Why do you go out of your way to protect medical information? If the government cared enough to get your medical information illegally, couldn't they just get it from your doctors? And if they did decide you were an "enemy", what good would knowing your medical information do?
- quinnjh 5y ago
  Poster maybe isnt trying to hide health info from state level actors, rather limiting the layers of collections identifying them as "possible customer for __ treatments" ..hopefully they posted from tor and arent about to get a ton of popups now about "do you have foxtail in your ears"
- rz2k 5y ago
  It's mostly a matter of principle since I assume internet searches to be closer to a postcard than a letter. I could write about some health-related thing that is potentially embarrassing in a postcard, because I doubt the post office cares, or that my mail carrier reads postcards, but I'd probably prefer to put it in a letter delivered inside an envelope. It seems like better practice to learn which sources tell mainstream, reliable information about things like bordetella vaccines and regular nail clipping, before I get really emotional about an anal gland that needs to be expressed or before my person finds a weird lump on my front leg. More seriously, back to human medicine, I am disappointed that so many reputable medical information sources with read-only information prevent Tor network users from accessing their information even though malicious Tor users aren't able to add misinformation.

by rz2k 5y ago

Buttons840 5y ago

Why do you go out of your way to protect medical information? If the government cared enough to get your medical information illegally, couldn't they just get it from your doctors? And if they did decide you were an "enemy", what good would knowing your medical information do?

quinnjh 5y ago
Poster maybe isnt trying to hide health info from state level actors, rather limiting the layers of collections identifying them as "possible customer for __ treatments" ..hopefully they posted from tor and arent about to get a ton of popups now about "do you have foxtail in your ears"
rz2k 5y ago
It's mostly a matter of principle since I assume internet searches to be closer to a postcard than a letter. I could write about some health-related thing that is potentially embarrassing in a postcard, because I doubt the post office cares, or that my mail carrier reads postcards, but I'd probably prefer to put it in a letter delivered inside an envelope. It seems like better practice to learn which sources tell mainstream, reliable information about things like bordetella vaccines and regular nail clipping, before I get really emotional about an anal gland that needs to be expressed or before my person finds a weird lump on my front leg. More seriously, back to human medicine, I am disappointed that so many reputable medical information sources with read-only information prevent Tor network users from accessing their information even though malicious Tor users aren't able to add misinformation.