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It's hard to imagine going through a day right now without thinking about COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. You likely already know the basic fac
‘Safety guidance texts’ sent by the authorities contain an avalanche of personal information and are fuelling social stigma
FFS FACEBOOK. And FFS PP I kinda expect better of you.
With the abysmal state of healthcare in this country, it shouldn’t be surprising that tech companies—specifically those in the app space—have swooped in left and right to solve the ills that the federal government can’t or won’t. Want to monitor your blood pressure? There’s an app for that. Mental health got you down? …
Mental health data -- Facebook! What could go wrong?
Over 100 million women track their menstruation using mobile applications (apps). In addition to comparatively unremarkable personal information such as height and weight, these apps collect intimate data like characteristics of vaginal discharge and cervical position. In exchange, many apps claim t …
The changes discussed in this article are based on a second analysis performed in late November, 3 months after the original study Your Mental Health is for Sale and following the exact same methodology.
Includes an interesting take on doctors' risk models being useless to gauge security risks.
New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works—and where it fails.
Two things became clear as a result of the study — the concept of hands-free health advice has enormous value but it’s a little too early to yell “Hey Google” instead of calling 911.
Public libraries face difficult questions regarding what vaccine materials to make available. How to decide?
Here's why it matters your X-rays or CT scan may be one of 1 billion unsecured images floating around unprotected on the internet and what you can do to protect your data and health.
Despite warnings from security researchers, the number of exposed images has risen.
Google has 50M people's medical records but won't merge them with other Google data.
Real consequences. Ransomware purveyors are shitheels.
Shows risks of making decisions using data that reflects inequities in American society.
Nearly two decades ago, a company called Interpeak created a network protocol that became an industry standard. It also had severe bugs that are only now coming to light.
Medical groups are warning that new federal data-sharing rules, enabling people to get their health records through a smartphone, could lead to invasions of privacy.
Drugseeking, insurance fraud, blackmail/extortion. Yikes.