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I don't think your genome going public is mostly in danger from nefarious ne'er-do-wells collecting your skin. But there will be mass data breaches from stolen
by msg 17y ago
I don't think your genome going public is mostly in danger from nefarious ne'er-do-wells collecting your skin.
But there will be mass data breaches from stolen laptops or social engineering scams at these sequencing/medical record companies. Past experience tells us that the data will not be secured properly. So if you care about it enough, the right solution is a more federated solution where the DNA owner controls the key, like PGP.
- abstractbill 17y agoInsurance companies have been known to hire private investigators to check up on their customers. If it was legal and cheap enough, why wouldn't they give genetic material collectors? In any case, I agree with you - there will be mass data breaches, so I prefer to just assume all genome data will be essentially public, and then figure out what to do from there.