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0 pointsbogwog2y ago0 comments

You can at least change your name. You can't change your DNA, so when companies start selling that data it will be easy to detect when you give out fake information.

The only missing piece is a way to scan your DNA as part of a login form.

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hot_gril2y ago

What good is my DNA without a real identity attached to it?

bogwogOP2y ago

Idk, it probably has some value. But my point was that it's going to be difficult to prevent your real identity from becoming attached to your DNA forever. The moment your real (DNA, identity) pair leaks from a credible source, your privacy is permanently and retroactively ruined.

So if 23andMe leaked a fake name with your DNA, it's out there in the hands of advertisers/scammers/governments/etc. From now on, anyone who gets access to your DNA will be able to build up data on you, and all it will take is a single leak/sale from a credible source to make it accurate.

(...but in truth, I have no idea what "DNA data" looks like, or if it's even possible to use it for targeting...)

switchbak2y ago

Yeah I don't understand how someone's anonymous DNA being on that site makes the situation worse.

If someone finds my DNA without my identity, they're no further ahead. If they do have my DNA and my identity, well the 23andme part gives no additional information.

Maybe some day this will be a big concern, but by then we'll have much bigger things to worry about.

hot_gril2y ago

If someone else is leaking a credible ID/DNA combo, it doesn't matter whether or not I did 23andMe.

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hot_gril2y ago

What good is my DNA without a real identity attached to it?

bogwogOP2y ago

(...but in truth, I have no idea what "DNA data" looks like, or if it's even possible to use it for targeting...)

switchbak2y ago

Yeah I don't understand how someone's anonymous DNA being on that site makes the situation worse.

If someone finds my DNA without my identity, they're no further ahead. If they do have my DNA and my identity, well the 23andme part gives no additional information.

Maybe some day this will be a big concern, but by then we'll have much bigger things to worry about.

hot_gril2y ago

If someone else is leaking a credible ID/DNA combo, it doesn't matter whether or not I did 23andMe.

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