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by bell-cot 15 days ago
> even if a vendor is doing the right thing today,

... they could fail to realize that they were hacked last year.

Sadly, the same issues apply to the copies of your private health data in your doctor's computer, your insurance company's computer, your hospital's computer, your pharmacy's computer, etc.

Avoiding the app reduces the attack surface. With the minor moral victory of not having gone out of your way to make it easy for the enemies of your privacy.

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I avoid the medical establishment as much as I can, partly for this reason.