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Who could have predicted this... I still remember the discussion on this very forum years ago when these cheap DNA services opened and it was about 50/50 betwe

• LinuxBender 2y ago
  In the 90's I brought this up to my squadron commander. He asked if I was afraid they would clone me. I said, "No sir, you should be afraid you would clone me." and we both had a chuckle because that was true. I had explained that multiple people already had their insurance retroactively cancelled whilst laid up in a hospital bed with a $100K+ bill because their DNA indicated the individual had a high probability of becoming an alcoholic some day. The commander sent me down the path of FOIA knowing it would stall the requirement to submit blood to Washington DC for classified reasons and I was able to get out of the military by the time FOIA had completed. I ended up with several big boxes of paperwork that amounted to - they can do whatever they want with my DNA and hold it for any period of time and provide access to whomever they wanted. I have zero regrets for fighting/stalling that one. To this day people are still dismissive about DNA privacy. I can not wrap my head around that. Countries are already working on duel-use medicine that can also be used as highly targeted genetic weapons. I can think of thousands of highly dystopian uses for DNA.