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0 pointsnaasking7y ago0 comments

a) You still need physical access to a terminal to use the key, and b) you revoke the key when it's reported lost.

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Those are just more reasons why it's harder to inappropriately access the data. My point was that you may need access to the key fast for health-related reasons, and so from that perspective it may reasonably be deemed "less safe" even if it's more secure.

cf. the difference between "fail safe" and "fail secure", in a slightly different context

naaskingOP7y ago

I get your point, but I don't see how it would be less safe. Right now they look up your records by name or health card number, and this would be a direct link to your health records that you could just tap. It's arguably safer even in the sense you're using it.

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dllthomas7y ago

cf. the difference between "fail safe" and "fail secure", in a slightly different context

naaskingOP7y ago

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