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Medical Data Part III: Genetic Testing and the Permanent Code

You can change your child's password, school, and email address. You can't change their genome. Between the newborn heel prick, prenatal screening, and the gifted ancestry kit, most of it gets collected before they can speak, and the law leaves a gap that lasts decades.

A neurodivergent child sitting at their desk in class, using their laptop while a watchful eye tracks everything.
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EdTech Surveillance Part II: Flagged for Being Themselves

School monitoring software is tuned to a neurotypical baseline. For neurodivergent kids, normal existence generates alerts: literal searches, task-switching, repeated questions. The flags aren't accidents — they're the system working as designed.

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Medical Data Part II: Amazon Wants to Own Your Healthcare

Amazon owns primary care, a pharmacy, and an AI health assistant — all folded into Prime, all one login. HIPAA is the firewall they promise will hold. Here's why the walls are thinner than the warranty suggests, and what parents should weigh.

A child in their room at night, anxiously engaging with the SnapChat app.
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How Snapchat Engineers Anxiety

Snapstreaks, Snap Scores, and a map showing who's hanging out where. Internal court documents show Snap knew exactly what its design does to teen mental health. Here's the machinery, and what parents can do.

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