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Imagine a future where a government or company can get a report on a potential employee/insuree/contractor detailing their risk of cancer, or whether they have
by alt678 8y ago
Imagine a future where a government or company can get a report on a potential employee/insuree/contractor detailing their risk of cancer, or whether they have genes associated with higher educational attainment or criminal activity from a data broker because their brother or cousin thought it would be cool to see how much Neanderthal DNA they had.
- Roritharr 8y agoIf you just employ enough people it would be interestingly possible to see how much the Neanderthal DNA impacts work performance... ...i should never do corporate HR.
- bogwog 8y agoThe Chinese government already uses facial recognition, DNA, and biometrics to corral muslim minorities and monitor them around the clock. If a traffic camera picks up someone outside their village, authorities are immediately notified so that they can be followed or arrested. Source: https://theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/china-testing-facial-recognition-surveillance-system-in-xinjiang-report https://theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/china-testing-faci... I know most people in tech don't care too much about privacy nowadays, but if anyone wants to see some real world examples of how disastrous that mindset could be, they can just take a look at modern day China. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if some anti-privacy bill got passed one of these days under the promise that it would allow the government to spy on all those evil minorities ruining the country to deport them faster, and turning the US into a surveillance state. That shit is scary.