Ask HN: Why don't we have a mobile app to screen for skin cancer? We already have the data, knowledge, and technology to build this. Why can’t I just use my phone camera to check if a spot on my skin looks concerning? It wouldn’t need to give a full diagnosis—just suggest whether I should see a doctor about a specific area. If such apps exist, why aren’t they widely available? |
- Someone exposes some CSAM picture to the app/smartphone and somehow the Government gets the fact of owning the photo. For example, Apple's neural network will have a big fun scanning images of somebody's skin.
- Someone sues the app because of false positive or false negative or just stupidity.
- Snoop-phone is a security nightmare because traditionally any app tries to steal and sell every piece of data possible, having anything medical on the snoop-phone means that any capitalist knows something which is supposed to be private.
- Some problems might happen because of race questions, I mean some issues related to skin color.