Not really… this info can and is being used in solving crimes. That and, if the US government ever turns into a dictatorship (hello trump!) then you won’t have to worry of being put on a list, you are already on one.
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SCB@lemmy.world 9 months agoI told her that even if that was true, the government could still access it. She thinks I’m paranoid. And now her personal info is likely part of this leak.
You’re paranoid and she’s probably part of the leak.
The odds the government gives any kind of shit about your 23 and me data, much less could competently do anything with it, are vanishingly small. That’s just pure paranoia.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
SCB@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m on several. Social security, the draft, etc.
Point is the search methodology required has so far been worth it to catch one person. That person was a serial rapist and murderer. Hardly compelling.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Lists you are on contain information that can be modified, updated. I lived at A? I move to B. You can’t change your DNA and if that would be abused, that would be much,uch worse than social security info
curious_betsy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sadly very much not true, the government is very much interested in your DNA data. Check out this article about how they caught the golden state killer