Hello!
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 12:09:43PM -0500, Michael Kramer wrote:
...
> DSL or a cable modem, the exposure of this unencrypted patient data
> is extraordinary. With hundreds of PDA users, it is possible that
> there is a large exposure to healthcare data on personal computers
> attached to the public Internet.
...
Not only PDA's are problematic with respect to security, "our" whole
efforts to make health care more efficient by means of computers and
telecomunication expose people and their personal domain.
It not only needs technical solution but also viable social concepts
to tackle this problems.
For industrial tecnologies (nuclear power, chemical industrie, etc.)
riscs (expressed in number of human lives which can be lost at
failure) and benefits are counterweighted (by whom?), does information
technology have similar concepts, or even a serious discussion about
it?
Best Regards,
Jorge-Le'on
P.S.: What does Heidegger say about this? ;->
