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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 01:22:35 JST Aral Balkan

   Just got registered with a local GP in Ireland¹ and their first email states that all their staff are “formally trained in GDPR procedures and any information you give will be used in the strictest confidence.”

   Their email address is @gmail.com

   🤦♂️

   ¹ This, in and of itself, is a bloody miracle these days, apparently, and only happened because it’s a new practice that’s just opening up.

   #ireland #gp #doctors #gdpr #gmail #google #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:10:18 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Michael Santaly
     • Itanium Thom

     @wonkothesane @thomholwerda 🤞

   • Michael Santaly (wonkothesane@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:10:19 JST Michael Santaly

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     • Itanium Thom

     @thomholwerda @aral In the U.S many hospital systems use Google Enterpise. It’s like 80K- 100K per year. Everything is E2EE and HIPPA compliant.

     But usually businesses use their own domain so you’re not getting a simple @ gmail account. Hopefully they’re paying for business accounts at the very least

   • Itanium Thom (thomholwerda@exquisite.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:10:22 JST Itanium Thom

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     @aral To be fair, assuming they have a corporate Google account, their emails are not scanned for advertising purposes.

     If they're just using personal accounts, they shouldn't be in the medical profession.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:10:58 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vesna Manojlovic

     @becha Well, I’ll definitely be mentioning it :)

   • Vesna Manojlovic (becha@social.v.st)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:10:59 JST Vesna Manojlovic

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     @aral this is why FLOSS advocates & hackers should work with doctors, schools, real estate agents, activists… and teach them about privacy & decentralization - while learning from them about real-world use cases for “our” ethics & principles

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:11:33 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Cory :prami_pride_demi:

     @cory Wow.

   • Cory :prami_pride_demi: (cory@social.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:11:34 JST Cory :prami_pride_demi:

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     @aral our pediatrician uses an `@gmail.com` address and clicking to confirm appointments routes you to an app hosted at a bare IP address, no TLD configured.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:24:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Cory :prami_pride_demi:

     @cory 🤞

   • Cory :prami_pride_demi: (cory@social.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 03:24:30 JST Cory :prami_pride_demi:

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     @aral I'm tempted to see if they'd let me fix it all for a small fee plus the improvement to my own sanity