Large Primes

[Peter Fairbrother]

> Adrian Midgley wrote:

> Around 18 August 2002, people wrote:
> 
>>> Another possibility is that lifetimes may be extended to well beyond 100
>>> years in 100 tears time....
> 
> (specifically that should read
> "in 100 years time, 100 year old people's anticipated residual lifetime may
> be considerably increased coampared to now"  - otherwise it is SEP)

(ps what does SEP stand for?)
> 
>> The lifetime of some information most certainly does and it is information
>> and not human lifespan that is the proper matter for cipher and
>> cryptosystem design to address.
> 
> Well, that is clearly not wrong in itself, but pragmatically around here,  if
> I can make a reasonable effort that keeps my patients records and
> communications secure for the rest of their lifetime and mine, neither of us
> is going to be bothered by subsequent events, so it is a reasonable place to
> start worrying, I'd say.

Hmmm... I'd like to know all my ancestors' medical records, for curiosity as
well as medical and other similar reasons, but I wouldn't want them
available to everyone.

What happens to medical records after the patient dies?

-- Peter Fairbrother