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That's great, feel free to do that. Many others would rather keep their ancestry or genetic attributes out of the public eye. Maybe it's a source of pain for th
by progman32 3y ago
That's great, feel free to do that. Many others would rather keep their ancestry or genetic attributes out of the public eye. Maybe it's a source of pain for them, or is required for personal safety reasons. And just because something is illegal doesn't mean it won't happen. Legal "workarounds" are a thing. How watertight is the legislation and practice around preventing employers from taking a peek? Or having someone else take a peek for them?
A concrete example: What could the consequences in today's USA political climate be of having a massive database be with columns: Firstname, Lastname, y_chromosome_present.
- justrealist 3y agoAlmost 0, because even in the absence of public data (which is multitudinous) you can infer sex from first name with > 95% confidence.
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoThey're talking about trans people.