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Woman’s Talkspace therapy app sessions exposed in court (www.proofnews.org)

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She confessed her worries to her therapist: her marriage, her finances, and self-esteem. Therapists are legally and ethically bound to confidentiality, but two years later, a transcript of every word typed to her psychologist using the app Talkspace was produced in court by her former employer.

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Are you trying to phish information to doxx me? /s

I was broadly speaking about venting my frustrations about past experiences using various accounts on various websites. Luckily, the online community I vent in have been understanding. I didn't think it was therapy back then but now, it probably is.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 points 3 days ago

It was a joke reference to Eliza chatbot.

https://medium.com/@himash0009/eliza-1966-the-first-chatbot-in-history-that-fooled-everyone-b9d910c63919

[-] Ember_NE@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Tell me more about your joke reference to the Eliza chatbot.

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