Sphinx, if you are right in the assumption that the user has deliberately opened her files to the world (That is what you meant, right?) then she SHOULD lose her job over breaching patient confidentiality. I was looking for an explanation that would protect her job. I have had no further contact with her, and don't expect to. If someone posts, here, a solid explanation, I will pass it along to the Clinic so they can warn their transcriptionists, and I will pass it along to the transcriptionist sites that I visit.
ukbobboy01's input is on point and helps to explain what happened. May I quote it in it's entirety to the sites mentioned above? There are only 4.
Keep in mind, folks, that all dictation by doctors has to be transcribed. They want the lowest price they can get. Most transcription is done by home-based transcriptionists, on equipment that they provide. Far too many of them don't understand computer security, and don't have the money to own a separate computer dedicated to work. The point here is that YOUR personal medical information may be scattered across many personal computers, both in the US, and in Pakistan, India, Ireland, and probably other countries that have not yet come to my attention. These that I listed are definite.
Sphinx, if I could hack, I would be DOSsing all the sites that keep sending me "male enhancement", medications deals, and other junk. But I can't.
"Andy"