What are the potential downsides of the government having your DNA? I don’t think I can think of any for real
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s absolutely abusive that in order to get your genetic background you have to be willing for the government to have your DNA.
sparky678348@lemm.ee 7 months ago
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 7 months ago
You’re absolutely right, I can’t think of a single point in history where there was mass persecution of any particular group by a government which might have been far more efficient of they had a handy database of every citizens DNA. Just never happens, not once in all of history. There’s definitely no shining example less than a century ago.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What if the government in the nearby future decides it is illegal to watch porn? They trace your ip to your house, come with a search warrant, find you cumsock or vibrator covered in dna and you’re in the system. Boink! Off to horny jail with you!
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Copy pasting my other comment
One day some insurance company will decide to pull out your protections because, turns out, you have X% chances to get a cancer by your 40. Then all other insurance companies do the same. Then, one of them accepts you, but you gotta pay N% more for the same coverage
XbSuper@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Both of the responses to your comment are batshit lol.
I don’t like the idea of the government having my dna, but does anyone have a genuine (non irrational) reason it would be bad?
kaiomai@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The cumsock comment was batty, yes, but the other is absolutely on point. You are delusional if you think this can’t go wrong.
TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Capitalism won’t let anything about you be yours if it can be avoided and the government works for the corporations. With enough money and government interference anything is possible and it is utterly naive to think otherwise.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s not even gouvernement, it’s other companies. One day some insurance company will decide to pull out your protections because, turns out, you have X% chances to get a cancer by your 40. Then all other insurance companies do the same. Then, one of them accepts you, but you gotta pay N% more for the same coverage
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s the fear. Government was just used as hyperbole to make a point.