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Woman’s Talkspace Therapy App Sessions Exposed in Court - “We know that information that's been anonymized can very easily be reidentified,” “[HIPAA] is not enough protection.” (www.proofnews.org)
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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

I can't think of anything more horrifying that having therapy sessions leaked.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

If the app and servers are based in the US, they will have an identification loophole somewhere in the supply chain.

They control the Internet backbones, the prominent operating systems, and the servers.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

HIPAA was never a protection, quite opposite.

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Would you like to elaborate?