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Why are you drawing an equivalence between a test for a contagious disease and a genetic analysis service like 23andme? That seems a bit extreme.
Why does it need to be logged and stored by a third party? I'd not have a problem with an employer offering daily on-site testing with no persistent logging for people who have to be on-site but for whatever reason can't be vaccinated, or if they're having outbreak problems in the area. If no one stored it, there would be nothing to get leaked when the eventuality of data breach happens. Storing it is not in the best…
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Thats like blaming your employer if the background check company gets hacked.
Companies have standards, they use other companies to assess those standards, the blame is on those companies who were compromised.
Unless your employer knew they were picking a known vulnerable vendor, you're just looking for outrage at covid testing.
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So the company getting hacked isn't to blame? Thats like blaming your employer if the background check company gets hacked. Companies have standards, they use other companies to assess those standards, the blame is on those companies who were compromised. Unless your employer knew they were picking a known vulnerable vendor, you're just looking for outrage at covid testing.
> ... a non-password protected database that contained nearly 1.3 million records ... Breach is not the word I would use here.
Not US Gov. -> ""The exposed certificates and other documents were all marked with the name and logo of Coronalab.eu. Although the website appears to be offline, Coronalab is owned by Microbe & Lab, an ISO-certified laboratory based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the NL Times, “CoronaLab is one of the two largest commercial test providers in the Netherlands”.""
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2. Don’t consider the Dutch to be any different.
3. Bingo. The Dutch fit into the diatribe.
I don’t understand why you think this would somehow be difficult to contend with.
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Why does it need to be logged and stored by a third party? I'd not have a problem with an employer offering daily on-site testing with no persistent logging for people who have to be on-site but for whatever reason can't be vaccinated, or if they're having outbreak problems in the area. If no one stored it, there would be nothing to get leaked when the eventuality of data breach happens. Storing it is not in the best…
Medical records are typically stored electronically so that, for example, doctors can refer back to your medical history (as can you). I'm not sure why COVID results would be unique in not being stored--and, in fact, seem like something that would be less sensitive than a lot of stored data.
Start there.
I feel frequent data leaks, credit card number leaks, difficulty in un-subscribing or stopping payments after subscribing, etc... makes me appreciate and want to use consolidated sign in / subscription management / payment management options almost exclusively.
That doesn't do much to protect you against a website storing government mandated passport information. The only protection there would be if authorities stop demanding that everyone takes copies of personal IDs.
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So the company getting hacked isn't to blame? Thats like blaming your employer if the background check company gets hacked. Companies have standards, they use other companies to assess those standards, the blame is on those companies who were compromised. Unless your employer knew they were picking a known vulnerable vendor, you're just looking for outrage at covid testing.
Where did I absolve the medical company of wrongdoing for not securing this data?
Not US Gov. -> ""The exposed certificates and other documents were all marked with the name and logo of Coronalab.eu. Although the website appears to be offline, Coronalab is owned by Microbe & Lab, an ISO-certified laboratory based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the NL Times, “CoronaLab is one of the two largest commercial test providers in the Netherlands”.""
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I don't care if it takes 5, 10 or 20 years. Heads have to roll. We were lied to and ridiculed by the people that are supposed to protect us, and they're getting away with it.
Your straw-man doesn't make it go away.