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I've been curious about what my DNA says, and went so far as to buy a 23andme kit years ago. I never sent it in, because I don't like the idea of some company r
by caymanjim 5y ago
I've been curious about what my DNA says, and went so far as to buy a 23andme kit years ago. I never sent it in, because I don't like the idea of some company retaining that kind of deeply personal data about me. It's useless to resist, though; my sister and some cousins submitted theirs, and that's enough to destroy any real sense of anonymity I might have. I don't have any particular concern; it's just one of the myriad ways that privacy no longer exists.
- weaksauce 5y ago> I don't have any particular concern we don't have even the slightest idea of where it could go right now. look 30 years ago and DNA wasn't a thing that people were worried about and now it's catching sloppy criminals. the technology opens up new, unexpected opportunities
- adenadel 5y agoI get your point, but your timeline is pretty far off. The first human gene therapy happened in 1990 so DNA has been a thing for awhile.
- Retric 5y agoThe first use of DNA in a criminal case only goes back to 1987. As such 30 years ago people generally weren’t really aware of generic testing or any of it’s implications outside of science fiction.
- weaksauce 5y agoI am talking about DNA wrt crimes... it was first proposed as possible in 85 and in the early 90s used for it. I'd say my timeline was fairly ok give or take a few years for an off the cuff recollection of events.