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Breach of privacy is not a step function, it's a slow boil. It would be difficult to unwind what has largely been accepted practice for years. The DNA-box com
by jariel 6y ago
Breach of privacy is not a step function, it's a slow boil.
It would be difficult to unwind what has largely been accepted practice for years.
The DNA-box companies sell randomized data to drug companies, to help literally make cures for disease. Not do bad. And it's random, and there's buy in.
I can see G people going for that: it's random data from Android devices, people are opting in etc..
But then inch by inch it gets worse.
- henearkr 6y agoI understand the risk, but I just feel that everybody is fretting while overestimating this risk and overlooking everything that already exists that can also very well keep this risk in check. Starting by the fact that any misdeed would be soon made public and widely commented, like always.