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My genetic and biometric information is already in some government's databases, sometimes with more actionable information than "elevated risk of restless legs
by buboard 7y ago
My genetic and biometric information is already in some government's databases, sometimes with more actionable information than "elevated risk of restless legs syndrome". Associating a list of 500K SNPs with my name would bother me but not that much really. It would take a lot of work to make use of it anyway and i cant think of a reason this would harm me gravely(+). Anonymized information of my DNA would bother me even less, as i m not more exceptional genetically than most people. Tbh, this is not my information, i share DNA with most of the species on earth and i didn't really create that information (unlike, say my google searches), nor did my parents. Thats why i oppose to genetic patents too, and think that DNA should be public domain.
(+): Well if someone wants to engineer a deadly virus that targets specifically me, then what can i say , that's at least a memorable way to die. But they can do that from a piece of my hair too.