[privacy] Search your health records?

[Vincent Toubiana]

Recall that highest bid for ad word corresponds to “Mesothelomia”
(http://blog.goodproxies.net/2007/09/high-price-bid-google-adwords.html)
which is a rare cancer. It’s because the cure is very expensive, and you
can be sure that when someone click he’ll pay for the treatment. Once you
know someone is sick, you don’t have to wait for his searches to know what
he’ll be buying
 what he’ll have to pay. That’s why health is a rentable
business for Google.


Now most people think that it’s not that big deal, which they don’t have
to subscribe. Knowing Google they’ll certainly create some cool features,
offer good interface and very speed access to you records. Undeniably,
they’re hiring good software engineers. I wouldn’t have believed that so
many people could sign up for Gmail with all the privacy issues, but


However using only one password to protect such sensitive data is
certainly not a good idea. Will it be another forever-beta service?

Hope they won’t make the same mistake than with Google reader. Imagine
what could happen if someone unintentionally shares its health records.

Vincent

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