But you hardly need a DNA database for that? Usually the type of identities that are discriminated against are pretty clear from the outset. Even the Nazis and

But you hardly need a DNA database for that? Usually the type of identities that are discriminated against are pretty clear from the outset. Even the Nazis and their Rassenkunde bollocks was more post-hoc window-dressing rationale than anything else – they really didn't need that to tell who the Jews, Slavs, Roma, etc. were. This is usually the pattern: "I want to discriminate against $group for $emotional reasons, and I can't really articulate why, so let me find $facts to support my $case". And look, if you want to keep it private then you should of course keep it private, and if 23andme promises to keep it private then you have every right to keep them to their promise. Privacy is fundamentally about choice, and those choices will be different for everyone and I'm not here to judge anyone's choices. But personally, I think the abuse for DNA data is actually quite small, almost non-existent.