Rights, Laws, and Google
&gt; the tremendous trade-offs entailed in the indiscriminate scanning of users’ cloud data.<p>It might be helpful to frame any cloud-based scanning of user activity or files as akin to mass-testing in health. While it sounds good in principle, there is always a background rate of false positives. And being incorrectly diagnosed can have negative consequences. There has been a large amount of examination of the consequences of mass-testing for various diseases without indication.<p>e.g.<p>COVID testing: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;373&#x2F;bmj.n1411&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bmj.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;373&#x2F;bmj.n1411&#x2F;</a><p>Herpes: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statnews.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;01&#x2F;26&#x2F;flawed-herpes-testing-leads-to-false-positives&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statnews.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;01&#x2F;26&#x2F;flawed-herpes-testing-le...</a><p>Genetic testing: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.geneticsdigest.com&#x2F;genetic-testing-potential-consequences-of-a-false-result&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.geneticsdigest.com&#x2F;genetic-testing-potential-con...</a>