> In most cases you have more leverage over the state via voting and lobbying.
How is this leverage at all? Apple doesn't have my health data. I have a device produced by Apple that allows me to store and share health data conveniently. The state has the unilateral authority to use violence against me. I have very very little leverage on the state vs a company that sells me a glorified filing cabinet.
> The point of gathering all the health data is that it's valuable to provide your health information to other businesses. . . They'll provide an API for third parties to make business decisions about your individual health. There is no way to do this is a privacy-preserving way.
The point is that's valuable to me, the person who the data is about. Apple already has a. privacy preserving model all they to do is follow their current model. Collect all that data for me, the person who the data is about, store it on my device, and allow me, the owner of said data to provide it to whoever I see fit. This allows me to get the best of all worlds. I have this amazing resource that tracks my activity, diet and environmental exposures and various clinical health metrics across many different information streams. If I want to share my workout routine with my insurance company to get a discount I can decide to do that, if I want to show only my doctor i can pull it up during a visit and show him. If I want to share my Xrays or medications with my personal trainer I can likewise make that decision. There is no reason for me to think that Apple will implement an API here for mass data exports because there is no reason too, I can send the data on a case by case basis. And if Apple changes their privacy policy, which I honestly find unlikely, I can delete and walk away.
How is this leverage at all? Apple doesn't have my health data. I have a device produced by Apple that allows me to store and share health data conveniently. The state has the unilateral authority to use violence against me. I have very very little leverage on the state vs a company that sells me a glorified filing cabinet.
> The point of gathering all the health data is that it's valuable to provide your health information to other businesses. . . They'll provide an API for third parties to make business decisions about your individual health. There is no way to do this is a privacy-preserving way.
The point is that's valuable to me, the person who the data is about. Apple already has a. privacy preserving model all they to do is follow their current model. Collect all that data for me, the person who the data is about, store it on my device, and allow me, the owner of said data to provide it to whoever I see fit. This allows me to get the best of all worlds. I have this amazing resource that tracks my activity, diet and environmental exposures and various clinical health metrics across many different information streams. If I want to share my workout routine with my insurance company to get a discount I can decide to do that, if I want to show only my doctor i can pull it up during a visit and show him. If I want to share my Xrays or medications with my personal trainer I can likewise make that decision. There is no reason for me to think that Apple will implement an API here for mass data exports because there is no reason too, I can send the data on a case by case basis. And if Apple changes their privacy policy, which I honestly find unlikely, I can delete and walk away.