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I actually want to submit some other person's DNA to them, so it can be in the DB as mine. Would they notice this, assuming I find another <same race, same sex
by abstractbarista 8y ago
I actually want to submit some other person's DNA to them, so it can be in the DB as mine. Would they notice this, assuming I find another <same race, same sex> person?
- Real_S 8y agoGenetic data can be used to identify you, so although this trick may provide some obfuscation, ultimately it would place your identifiable information in the data base. And if a close family member is in that data base, you would be identified immediately.
- ignoranceprior 8y agoI think you misunderstand. GP's idea was not to submit their own DNA under someone else's name, but rather to submit someone else's DNA under their own name (as a decoy).