Why did Phreesia share my medical data after I opted out?

Re:Why did Phreesia share my medical data after I opted out? by NoZebra120vClip on Friday April 07, 2023 @04:16PM (#35486450)

You know what I think? I think it's trained my brain to disbelieve and be skeptical of basically everything I hear, and I think it's also trained me to instinctively say "no" and refuse things that I am offered.

Now it is healthy to have skepticism when strangers tell me a whopper, or when I'm offered something too good to be true. But if I'm in this habit and I refuse to believe trustworthy sources, someone in authority, or I refuse a gift of goodwill from someone who truly has my best interests in mind, that is advertising being detrimental in its training my mind and will.

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Re:Why did Phreesia share my medical data after I opted out? by chankstein38 on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:20PM (#35487109)

Right? I don't think the point that it shouldn't be happening and something needs done is nullified by this but I'm with you all it's done is made me say "If I firt see it in a commercial, I'm not going to buy it or deal with it because it's likely a scam"

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Re:Why did Phreesia share my medical data after I opted out? by smcin on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:51PM (#35487465)

Skepticism is fine, but ads often actually aren't making the claims a casual watch would suggest they are. Unrepresentative testimonials (see small print disclaimers), phony personal experiences, doctors portrayed by actors in white coats (remember "Dr" Victoria Zdrok selling male enhancement pills in 2008; she's a doctor in psychology).

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