Comment by Mashimo

Comment by Mashimo 12 hours ago

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They can definitely track when and where you log in.

I can't say if there are backdoors in place for them to log in, and if that is (currently) legal.

Hospitals and libraries are government run, I would assume even if they had their own login, they could manage to snoop the data, no?

These are all online service. So it's not even a wallet argument. But we recently got digital drivers license, which can be used in the "real" world. That is one card less you need to carry around. Only in DK and only for DK citizens though.

reaperducer 24 minutes ago

Hospitals and libraries are government run, I would assume even if they had their own login, they could manage to snoop the data, no?

In the United States, what you read is your business. The librarians have been one of the very few groups who have successfully pushed back against the new administration's demands for information.

Last year, I could log in to my very large city's library web site and see everything I checked out for the last few years. I looked a couple of weeks ago, and all that history has been purged, I presume as a cautionary move to preserve my privacy. Good for them.

graemep 10 hours ago

> Hospitals and libraries are government run

A lot more effort. In the UK public libraries are run by local authorities who do not seem to routinely share that information with other government bodies.

Libraries and hospitals are not purely online services though. I do carry a library card. I do not need one for hospital or doctors appointments.