Quite happy with my life, thank you. And the bees.

As a local beekeeper, I take offense to your sentiment.

From reading the NPR article, it doesn’t sound like the surgical team started the procedure. They aborted before making any incisions, which is what they should have done. The Guardian headline is a touch sensationalist.

What’s horrifying is how they got all the way to the operating room before recognizing that the patient wasn’t brain dead.

HIPAA only applies to Covered Entities. 23andMe does not meet the HHS definition of a Covered Entity.

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities/index.html

Yep, totally agree. Just pointing out that the tech is not the enemy here, it’s the intent of the user(s). I’m a big fan of Signal, and they’ve done nothing wrong here, though to some the headline could imply that the tool is complicit here.

Depends on when you started using it, when you were served with a notice to retain, and whether you used Signal to discuss content that falls under said notice.

Either way, encryption and/or auto-delete isn’t the enemy here.