Google obtains thousands of medical records from the Dept of Defense

Re:Google obtains thousands of medical records from the Dept... by gretch on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:52PM (#34269416)

Yeah but that data can be used to make things better for you later. For example, with the burn pits in Iraq where soldiers no longer have to individually prove harm: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/exposures/ten-things-to....

This data could lead to a discovery like “hey a statistically significant portion of people deployed at (x) between years y and z developed this type of medical condition - the military is responsible and needs to pay them.”

If there’s no value to digitizing this data, why is the military paying Google to do it? It’s not like Google is purchasing it

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Re:Google obtains thousands of medical records from the Dept... by thewebcount on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:53PM (#34270369)

> Yeah but that data can be used to make things better for you later.

Or, the more likely case, someone figures out how to de-anonymize it and it could be used to hurt me later. That seems much much more likely to me.

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Re:Google obtains thousands of medical records from the Dept... by ashwagary on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:38AM (#34276929)

1. I dont think DNA can be sufficiently anonymized.

2. I think de-anonymization not only hurts you but also could hurt a large % of the people you are directly related to.

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