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Comment by killingtime74 | Hacker News Reader

Snap chat?

A specific medical oriented app. I’ve had a few virtual appointments where they ask me do I have an iPhone for FaceTime. I do. But what do they do for Android users? Which one of the ten soon to be discontinued Google video conferencing apps would the doctor use?

They require you to install their own.

I have had a few appointments where they didn't ask me about what device I wanted to use at all, just send me a webex link and had me join in a browser.

Works for (almost) all devices.

Here’s an American one used in the UK. That had a data breach exposing sensitive images. I won’t ever trust consumer computers for sensitive medical stuff.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52986629

Discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23471347

I’m not saying health care companies are competent. I am saying at least they have legal obligations to try to keep your information secure. Google has no such obligation.

Besides, there is less likely of a chance that a medical app targeted toward virtual care for babies would be flagging parents for sending pictures of their children to a doctor.

FaceTime now works for android users, an iPhone can initiate the call and get a shareable link for android users.

During COVID I had a digital gp appointment. It was specifically about some skin issues which is obviously difficult to communicate over a phone call.

They required me to send them photos to the receptionist over plain email - I complied because they weren't particularly sensitive parts of my body however it did make me mad that this was their system for dealing with sensitive health data

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