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The point of this attack vector is to drop patients who are high risk BEFORE they get diagnosed so they can claim it isn't for any existing condition. This is
by collingreen 2y ago
The point of this attack vector is to drop patients who are high risk BEFORE they get diagnosed so they can claim it isn't for any existing condition.
This is especially scary in small, closely related communities like Iceland or Utah where a relatively low number of collected samples can be extrapolated to large swaths of the population that didn't give their genetic info away.
Also that protection is relatively new in the US and is constantly being attacked politically so it isn't unreasonable to think about a world where it is removed like other longstanding health related protections.
- dragonwriter 2y agoThe Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act is almost as old as 23andMe and older than the prohibition on discrimination for preexisting conditions, so it would be strange to come up with a hack where you break the first to try to get around the second.
- smcin 2y agoUS Federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (2008) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrimination_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim...) Also, since 1991, many US states had already passed laws that prohibit insurers' use of genetic information in pricing, issuing, or structuring health insurance.
- collingreen 2y agoThis is a great reference and it's a good point - there are multiple lines of defense here because the danger is so high. If the implication is that it is so old it won't ever be challenged it's worth noting that roe v wade was in '73.