Great question! I am working on a method to anonymize DNA, applying cryptography at the molecular level [0]. Regarding the statement in the article about anon

Great question! I am working on a method to anonymize DNA, applying cryptography at the molecular level [0]. Regarding the statement in the article about anonymization, you are correct. These data are not anonymized, your name is just removed from the file. This does not truly anonymize the data, for reasons you outlined. Interesting quote from Linda Avey, the co-founder of 23andMe: “It’s a fallacy to think that genomic data can be fully anonymized”[1]. I disagree, and think that eventually we will be able to anonymize your genome in a test-tube, so that the data is secure before it ever touches a computer. 0: https://geneinfosec.com https://geneinfosec.com 1: https://undark.org/article/dna-ancestry-sharing-privacy-23andme/ https://undark.org/article/dna-ancestry-sharing-privacy-23an...