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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by nulagrithom on Monday April 24, 2017 @10:56PM (#14190396)
Today I was asked for the 10th damn time to build something that could expose a small amount of HIPAA data. The last 9 times I explained how building this feature would, at the least, require a security audit, but nobody understood why I was making such a big deal.

Today, I almost said "Fuck it, if you want to make a blatantly negligent mistake then just reply to this email detailing once more how stupid this is and I'll just build it." If I get asked once more, I still might.

Does that make me an unethical money chasing individual? I dunno, maybe. And maybe I'm wrong and it's not a big deal -- I honestly don't know if that feature is a HIPAA violation or not. But most of all, I just want to keep my job and keep feeding my family.

I wouldn't be too quick to condemn the people that wrote this for Uber.

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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by lucasmullens on Monday April 24, 2017 @11:48PM (#14190609)
If you're a software engineer at Uber you can more than afford to feed your family, and you probably have comparable opportunities elsewhere. IMO people making $250k+ a year lose the "I just need to put food on the table" excuse used to justify their immoral job.
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by SamReidHughes on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:46AM (#14191297)
What boggles my mind is the notion that a potential HIPAA violation is some grand immorality. It's just information about somebody. It's nice to keep secret, but no great loss to society if it was made public.
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by fidget on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @04:38AM (#14191752)
Please let me know where you work, so I can avoid any product potentially produced by you.
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by Crito on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @04:54AM (#14191823)
Wow, you're a real piece of work.
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by SamReidHughes on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:59PM (#14197416)
If you can explain why it's so bad somebody's medical info gets leaked out, I'm all ears. As far as I can tell HIPAA makes medicine more expensive. That's bad!

What if you could opt in to healthcare that was 20% cheaper, but was only subject to contractual promises of medical privacy, not the HIPAA. Would you take the deal?

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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by Crito on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:43PM (#14199283)
Do society a favor and remove yourself from the industry.
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by yawaworht12 on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @08:12AM (#14202300)
Because he suggested that people be allowed to choose between privacy and cost? For some people, 20% might be a significant cost and they don't care about medical details leaking.
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