Re:Do No Harm petition: Don't give Big Tech access to our me...
by hedora on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:23AM
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Blaming individuals for not trusting medical and tech companies that have repeatedly abused private information is a strange take.
Instead of taking the information by force (which health care conditioned on opt in certainly is), we should figure out how to build a trustworthy medical research and care industry.
For instance: They could only make this information available to universities, and ensure the results of the research were public domain.
Or, they could create separation of concerns for companies involved. If google wants to store medical data, then they have to spin off their ad business.
Instead of taking the information by force (which health care conditioned on opt in certainly is), we should figure out how to build a trustworthy medical research and care industry.
For instance: They could only make this information available to universities, and ensure the results of the research were public domain.
Or, they could create separation of concerns for companies involved. If google wants to store medical data, then they have to spin off their ad business.