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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Things that keep me up at night

posted by georg at 2/24/2005 08:34:00 AM

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A frined mine sent me this link about a list of HIV patients being shared where it shouldn't.

There are rules in place that are supposed to be preventing that sort of thing, which is why the company went overboard trying to recall the company-wide email with the list. But who knows what those 10 people who did receive the information will do with it.

But what it is that should frighten you is the ease of which such information can be spread. Modern technology is a double-edged sword- it's good to have various medical teams sharing information about what you have been through- but it's scary to think of how that can be tapped into and shared.