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Comment Re:How can you call something "secure"? (Score 1) 305

Quite! There are no 'secure systems' in the public domain, the best we can aspire to are 'Trusted systems'. 'System'is the operative word - everything and everyone involved in the handling, processing, transmission and storage of information is/are part of the system. A failure in any one part renders every other precaution useless. I would suggest that the question to be asked first is who wants to access personal medical records and how valuable such information would be to them? If someone had a life insurance policy for $10x10^6 and a 'pre-existing' condition, I would suggest that it would be in someones interest to discover a pre-existing condition which may not have been disclosed. The financial rewards would warrant the effort and cost. Legislation is also part of the 'system'; without any personal data privacy legislation US citizens are somewhat vulnerable. Good advice from NSA at NIST is helpful.

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