> Even without yours, they have enough of your relatives' to identify you This is what makes me mildly irritated about “consent to collect DNA samples.” DNA is

> Even without yours, they have enough of your relatives' to identify you This is what makes me mildly irritated about “consent to collect DNA samples.” DNA is not just you, unlike other biometrics, like fingerprints—it’s your relatives too. This makes it hypothetically possible, for example, for some insurer to genetically determine you have a preexisting condition without ever consenting to give your DNA. Of course this will never get unwound because of the enormous boon to law enforcement these mega gene databases have been.