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#MITBTExpo was amazing. Clever people from the right backgrounds saying stuff the world needs to hear. Bitcoin is far far more than code. Privacy is needed by far far more people than long haired computer nerds; in fact, if you’re a physician it’s arguably your duty to up your privacy game so that you don’t inferably leak important medical info about people you recently saw…while doing so isn’t punishable under hipaa, it is a violation of the far stricter standard of ethics the profession demands.
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Houndsfield's Unit 9mo ago

At first I thought you were talking about docs being dumb on social media, but you are right about the entire payment system. Your bank knows which doc you see, Visa knows which pharmacy you go to and possibly even the drugs you bought (possibly even from Amazon).

Everyone deserves the right of true privacy.

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Dr. Bitcoin, MD 9mo ago

If you come see me, and then I start googling “current IDSA guidelines for gonorrhea treatment,” someone might be in a position to infer your condition.

Metadata can be a bitch too. Suppose you come to see me and then I make a phone call to an expert in treating gonorrhea.

Doctors probably should think about these things and maybe hospital computers should tor browse by default.