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A bunch of people could be doing political activism at some location and be tracked down. Such scenarios don't seem too far fetched and the way these things wil
by sva_ 4y ago
A bunch of people could be doing political activism at some location and be tracked down. Such scenarios don't seem too far fetched and the way these things will be abused in the future will probably be much more perverse, in ways we can't even imagine today.
- nelox 4y agoPhilip K. Dick had some ideas: The End of Genetic Privacy in the Blade Runner Canon - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731365/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9731365/
- sofixa 4y ago> Such scenarios don't seem too far fetched They kind of do though. > A bunch of people could be doing political activism at some location and be tracked down Considering political activism is usually in groups out in the open, how practical would be to find the people participating via DNA tests (of what? maybe if they spit on the ground?), compared to the already existing and used phone geolocation and face recognition? Yes those can be protected against by not carrying a phone and wearing a mask/balaclava, but one can also take steps not to leave any DNA residue of use. So I think it's pretty far fetched, and if you're concerned about your government abusing political activists (within reason of course, coup plotters are also technically political activists but not the type one wants to protect) there are better things to do than to focus on one specific impractical avenue of recognition that could lead to abuse.