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Aerows

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14. Let me ask you a question

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 08:03 PM

Jun 2013

If the data is completely harmless and irrelevant, then why the hell are they capturing it?

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You think Hippa will safeguard your personal info from the NSA? [View all] undergroundpanther Jun 2013 OP

Valid concern... but pssst.... it is HIPAA, not HIPPA hlthe2b Jun 2013 #1

sry,my mispell undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #4

holy crap, Undergroundpanther! FirstLight Jun 2013 #2

don't stop undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #5

;) FirstLight Jun 2013 #18

found one FirstLight Jun 2013 #20

All the reasons they can acess our information.....basically covers every damn reason. Gin Jun 2013 #3

If you visit the." nsa Utah data center- serving our nation's intelligence community " ..Googled.. nenagh Jun 2013 #6

I went to your link and copied it undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #10

"your data is never accessed or viewed by anyone within the US Government unless snot Jun 2013 #28

Sorry undergroundpanther... But thanks very much for the explanation... nenagh Jun 2013 #29

Going out on a limb, but why does the NSA care about your medical records? NightWatcher Jun 2013 #7

Ok I'm gonna tell you some stuff off the top of my head undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #8

I get it but why would they care about YOU. Not the "you" in general NightWatcher Jun 2013 #9

Let me ask you a question Aerows Jun 2013 #14

Yes they have bigger fish undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #19

DING!DING! FirstLight Jun 2013 #25

Many Rx's are faxed or phoned to pharmacies. If that data is scooped up, nenagh Jun 2013 #31

Pehaps because they care about WHO I know. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #33

The same reason they care about your phone records. Aerows Jun 2013 #12

I just love how people are shocked, like this is new NightWatcher Jun 2013 #15

Outrage at privacy violations? Aerows Jun 2013 #17

Hippos might if we deployed them en masse Aerows Jun 2013 #11

How are they supposed to continue throwing medical marijuana patients in prison Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #13

alot of people with ptsd undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #24

It is completely irrelevant data they are collecting Aerows Jun 2013 #16

I thought it was a stupid argument too. undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #21

Some people don't want to know Aerows Jun 2013 #22

The ostriches among us piss me off undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #23

I'm with you Aerows Jun 2013 #27

If they think my medical records should be viewed, they can start with video of recent colonoscopy. Hoyt Jun 2013 #26

rofl, i gotta say this one is funny loli phabay Jun 2013 #30

K&R nt Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #32