Reply #3: Which is the Mark of the Beast. [View All]

[lynnertic]

Just kidding (but there is danger. It'd too easy to link medical records to National ID. There are REAL concerns about how electronic health records can be used in a discriminatory fashion.)

(How fun will it be to suddenly get viagra ads in the mail shortly after being diagnosed hypertensive? Or discover that you're not qualified for a job like 'mail carrier' because your last blood test showed high blood sugar? Or you run for local office and the paper prints how many drinks you have per week?)

(Don't pretend that data breaches don't occur all the time. And the more people who have access to your records - like insurance companies, the more vulnerable you will be.)

I won't say anything bad about them, not out loud.