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What I don't understand is: People use 1Password etc to generate arbitrarily secure passwords for Facebook but agree on sending their DNA password (even though
by grundprinzip 13y ago
What I don't understand is: People use 1Password etc to generate arbitrarily secure passwords for Facebook but agree on sending their DNA password (even though its 1B chars) on a postcard to a company (with unknown security credentials and intentions) just to know that they are 29% east-european and probably sleep better at night. Sigh...
- tzs 13y agoUnless you go to extraordinary effort to keep your DNA confined, you almost certainly leave samples in publicly accessible places hundreds of times a year.
- lukifer 13y agoThere's a difference between leaving a door unlocked vs. mailing a stranger the key.
- trentmb 13y agoHow long do those samples last?
- mbreese 13y agoDNA lasts a long time. Just watch any one hour crime drama. :) Actually, it could last an arbitrarily long time if it wasn't exposed to UV or cleaned up. The hard part would be distinguishing your random DNA from that of everyone else.
- grundprinzip 13y agoIt's not a question to keep my DNA confined, but rather making it random. If somebody wants to track my DNA, yes they can do that - here in Switzerland, far away - but I wont send it to them on a silver plate.