Comment on All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan
piecat@lemmy.world 1 year agoThat’s probably the best case scenario honestly. They use our saliva and cure cancer.
The other applications range from questionable to dystopian… Making a database of everyone’s DNA for law enforcement, data leaks and dark-web selling your DNA sequences, insurance buying the data to limit coverage after a claim, forensic genealogy as a way to catch criminals, using forensic genealogy to predict future offenders, targeted bio weapons, future tech like making clones of people, manufacturing fake evidence to plant.
Jollyllama@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One things missing with most of the those: profits. I’d be more worried about bad actors stealing the DNA data and using it for all those. The businesses will keep within regulations to keep the profits rolling in without getting shutdown.
piecat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The business will gladly sell to the alphabet boys. And hackers will definitely get the data from poor security.