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> or frame you with some kind of non-existent DNA copying machine I can imagine the hacker swaps your name + account metadata on the data warehouse website wit
by thephyber 6y ago
> or frame you with some kind of non-existent DNA copying machine
I can imagine the hacker swaps your name + account metadata on the data warehouse website with the DNA content of a murderer. Then you get a visit from the police just like you were being SWATted.
The mismatch is only found if the police bother to verify by doing a fresh DNA comparison (which they might, but only if they can't convince you to admit guilt first).
- mFixman 6y agoA hacker can swap my name + address with a murderer right now without access to my DNA. All of the hypotheticals in this thread (except for the CRISPR future superweapon) can happen right now without the need of a DNA leak: the US had an explicit system of racial discrimination encodes in the law until the mid 1960s without the need of 23AndMe. My insurer already has data about my genetic diseases and pre-conditions from blood tests I did as a baby. I want to be worried about the leak, but I really cannot think of any consequence that's not a crazy sci-fi hypothetical or something that can be done more easily without access to the DNA database.