Quote from: Bob In PA on April 06, 2021, 01:11:55 PM
Phil: I know, but the worst that can happen with a voter ID is someone votes instead of you.
One example of bad that can happen if someone hacks into a national health database is this: I announce I'm running for President. You hack into my records and discover that I had a certain type of hepatitis.
You put an ad on the TV stating that I'm a slime-bucket who probably used a dirty needle injecting illegal drugs and got hepatitis. Now I have to explain away your accusation, regardless of whether it's true or false.
Bob
Someone can hack into a voter registration system and steal confidential personal info about a person. Again, in your example, you have to trust that the system will prevail and that in the end it makes the lives of everyone better. Yoru example is pretty extreme and if you are worried about extremes, then I think it crosses over to the unrealistic and becomes paranoia instead. Do you know how much redundant medical costs there are because a doctor say in an Urgent Care examines you and takes an X ray and says you may have a crack in a bone in say your elbow joint, then you go to a major medical center like the Cleveland Clinic to meet with an orthopedic specialist and he does not have your X ray so he has to take another one.