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There are services that will sequence your DNA and give you the same type of result Ancestry and 23 and Me would do for about $700 IIRC, with a bonus they won't
by PrimeMcFly 3y ago
There are services that will sequence your DNA and give you the same type of result Ancestry and 23 and Me would do for about $700 IIRC, with a bonus they won't sell your info.
I suppose that doesn't help with finding relatives by DNA though. I can think of a few ways to maybe do a public database that could hash DNA samples...if you submit a sample that's close enough to someone else it would unlock some contact details. That would be vulnerable to brute forcing, so there would still need to be a way for both parties to verify each others DNA before exchanging real names and other info. If that could be solved though, it would make services like Ancestry.com obsolete.
- nothercastle 3y agoHow do you know they won’t sell your info. They may have a side deal with life insurance companies for example
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoTerms of use could specify.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoThe same way you know that they aren't sending special agents to harvest your DNA from your Starbucks cup and analyze it without you giving them any permission in the first place, or that your bank actually has your money, or that the government actually exists: you don't, but you have to engage with the world at a baseline level of assumption of good faith when not proven otherwise, or you'll lose your mind, and it's generally worth noting which corporations acknowledge potential abuse cases, specifically and affirmatively commit to not doing them, and have a plausible monetization and profit scheme without any hidden abuse.