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No, you have no idea what danger you are putting your family or descendants in by giving these companies a good DNA sample. On the plus side you might get told
by nonbel 8y ago
No, you have no idea what danger you are putting your family or descendants in by giving these companies a good DNA sample. On the plus side you might get told some vague "risk factors".
- random_kris 8y agowhat is this danger you speaking of
- nonbel 8y agoOff the top of my head: 1) Being arrested for real or framed crimes. In case you don't know, once someone has your sequence they can easily produce craploads of the regions checked by the police in bacteria and leave it at crime scenes. 2) Being denied certain jobs (eg GATTACA). 3) Being charged more for insurance, etc. In general you will start from a poorer negotiating position than someone who has your genetic data.
- majewsky 8y agoDownvoted because saying "you have no idea what danger you're putting yourself in" without substantiating that claim with an explanation is fearmongering.
- nonbel 8y agoStuff like this is already going on: https://www.ajc.com/news/national/can-police-legally-obtain-your-dna-from-23andme-ancestry/8eZ24WN7VisoQiHAFbcmjP/ https://www.ajc.com/news/national/can-police-legally-obtain-... Of course, people think its great when it was used to solve a murder...