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Yet somehow data brokers know every medical condition you've ever had and they sell it to anyone who will pay them. See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/

Yet somehow data brokers know every medical condition you've ever had and they sell it to anyone who will pay them. See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/business/google-ascension-health-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/business/google-ascension... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-data-brokers-make-money-off-your-medical-records/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-data-brokers-... https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/would-you-trust-google-with-your-medical-records-it-might-already-have-them/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/would-you-trust-goog... https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/health-data-brokers-privacy.html https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/health-data-brokers-pri...

striking 2y ago
If this is supposed to be some sort of "own", you're missing my point. I do not want my HIPAA-protected information going any further than it needs to, I do not want these practices to be encouraged. I understand HIPAA etc. are leaky, that people are inventing new ways to leak my information to people who want to buy it, and so on. That is different from taking the pipeline of information directly from my insurance provider and firing it off into the public eye in a way that prevents it from being deleted or forgotten, even if it may be anonymized to some extent. I understand the situation is not good. I want it to not be made worse. I'm not sure if you ignored the sibling thread where I felt I made myself clear.
- autoexec 2y ago
  I promise that I wasn't attacking you. More just commiserating over the sad state of the situation we find ourselves in as of right now. I don't know what the solution to this problem will look like, but (like so many other solutions) I'm also pretty sure that it won't involve a blockchain.

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Yet somehow data brokers know every medical condition you've ever had and they sell it to anyone who will pay them. See also: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/

by autoexec 2y ago

striking 2y ago
If this is supposed to be some sort of "own", you're missing my point. I do not want my HIPAA-protected information going any further than it needs to, I do not want these practices to be encouraged. I understand HIPAA etc. are leaky, that people are inventing new ways to leak my information to people who want to buy it, and so on. That is different from taking the pipeline of information directly from my insurance provider and firing it off into the public eye in a way that prevents it from being deleted or forgotten, even if it may be anonymized to some extent. I understand the situation is not good. I want it to not be made worse. I'm not sure if you ignored the sibling thread where I felt I made myself clear.
- autoexec 2y ago
  I promise that I wasn't attacking you. More just commiserating over the sad state of the situation we find ourselves in as of right now. I don't know what the solution to this problem will look like, but (like so many other solutions) I'm also pretty sure that it won't involve a blockchain.