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by akudha 2191 days ago
time trusting anything else than the state to handle health data

Why would you trust the state with anything? Didn't the UK govt sell health data to a Google owned company?
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rvz 2191 days ago
> Didn't the UK govt sell health data to a Google owned company?

The 'Google owned company' was given access to more sensitive health records than they should have with a NHS trust and was found to be illegal. [0]

[0] https://www.newscientist.com/article/2139395-google-deepmind...

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BiteCode_dev 2191 days ago
I don't, but I already have to. They run my life, and in France, my health. And they are not for profit.

I'm all for putting a better system in place, but meanwhile, I'd rather have my health data being in state own institutions that I feed from time to time with my visits, than having an always on monitor that streams directly my life to a for profit company.

But to be honest, I don't want to stream my life to any entity.

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