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Fear, Shame, Access, Connection -Privacy in Digital Exchange
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How does YouTube know so much about me? I’m searching on my browser for solutions to my too-slow-responding Bluetooth mouse. In moments, YouTube feeds me shorts about solving Mac problems. I’m following a teen mental health Twitter chat, and my TikTok feed shows threads about mental health apps. How do they know? I’m getting personal comments about my mental health. My mental health is mostly good. Who else will know? Do I care? I live my life out loud. I don’t share what I wouldn’t want on a billboard, which, for me, is almost everything. When is that unsafe? When would I be embarrassed? I’m no longer looking for work, so I don’t care. Who can access my data? What should I share? What does privacy even mean? How does privacy impact the need for connection? Isn’t privacy a continuum — different needs at different times from different people? So many questions.
Today’s guest, Fred Trotter, co-authored the seminal work Hacking Healthcare. Fred is a Healthcare Data Journalist and expert in Clinical Data Analysis, Healthcare Informatics, Differential Privacy, and Clinical Cybersecurity.
