I wonder if there are antitrust lawyers watching this closely. Would be really interesting to get their perspective on this.

There's a lot of gray going on here.

They sell you solar infra so that you can feel good about protecting the world while they continue to build coal plants. For reference, in 2023 they built 95% of the world's new coal plants...

Don't be fooled.

It's strange that people in SV pretend like if they refuse to build software then nobody else will. Palantir exists (and has been so successful) because the government was trying to build this software (either themselves or through defense contractors) and ended up spending WAY too much money and only delivering a product that put US soldiers at risk.

Case 1 - as Minister of Communications he, allegedly, tried to get a tax extension for a company whose owners had given him expensive cigars and jewelry to his wife (worth $3100). The extension was not granted. He also tried to get a US visa for one of the owners.

Case 2 - One of the newspapers in Israel said that if he gave them advantages over a competing newpaper they would paint Bibi and his family in a positive light in their coverage

*Case 3 - seemingly similar to Case 2, a large news website offered to portray Bibi in a better light if he would push through regulatory changes as Minisiter of Communications.

They have consistently and openly threatened US leaders.

There was no diplomacy here.

If true this would be very interesting. The most recent rumors were TSMC was trying to grab a part of Intel and have Nvidia/Broadcom/AMD take over the rest. Bringing in a CEO that literally left the board because he was against carving up Intel would be quite the signal from the board.

If you want to work for a company on the bleeding edge then it's hards to find one further than a Musk company.

I'm not trying to make a decision here on right vs. wrong just pointing out that most people _say_ they care but they're not really willing to do much about it.

Further you have no evidence to back up your claim that anything outside of the Air Force and nukes are all that are required to properly deter threats.

I would imagine that you also have no credible evidence that "Anything else being developed is for political suppression or fueling regional wars and imperial bullshit."

If you don't want to be involved in developing weapons then that's fine, nobody is forcing you to do so. To claim someone as anti-ethical because they chose to do so in a legal way may be your opinion but surely not a fact.

Weapons development is at best helpful as it hopefully provides a deterrent to nefarious actors and at worst protects our interest as Americans if someone caused us to move beyond weapons as a "deterrent."

Pretending like national defense and development of weapons is a bad thing is hiding your head in sand and pretending that there's nobody that wants to hurt you.

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First - the TOP comment in this post: >>" I would advise you to temporarily close your site and hire a lawyer straight away."

And other top level comments: >> You should asap bring the app down, contact all users, send them their info, delete them from your servers, notifying them of that and get a lawyer specialising in health related law.

>>If you can’t answer that question you really need to listen to the people telling you to take it down until you can work it out.

>>Speaking as someone who works in IT in healthcare - you need to close your site down immediately, do not pass Go, etc., and hire a lawyer.

Speaking to a lawyer is not the first step when building something in this domain (unless you already have someone bankrolling you).

In this case there's an app that this guy built for families to use. It's obviously in it's infancy. The helpful advice here would be about posting that this is in beta or maybe reading the HIPAA guidelines and ensuring that he's adhering to those guidelines where applicable. Focus on tightening up security. What's his plan to ensure that data in encrypted in transit and at rest? What kind of monitoring will the app have? Does he need to be thinking about intrusion detection? Will he need to enforce 2FA?

Does he need to stop everything and start speaking to lawyers? Probably not.

While you might not fall directly under HIPAA laws (as I don't think you a covered entity nor a Business Associate) you definitely are aware that you will have PHI and thus you have to protect it - especially if you're saying that it's "Private" and "Secure."

I'd focus on making sure that all data is encrypted in transit and at rest and that all systems on your side are locked down. You and anybody that might have access to your database shouldn't have free access this data. I'd read through some of the HIPAA guidelines especially from the business associate side and conform to those.

Don't be scared by everyone here. Read up on the HIPAA guidelines, check out HITRUST, never take your eye off security. Keep getting better.

If you're worried, you can always consult a lawyer or even an auditor for some advice (I'm neither).