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by daughart 3203 days ago
Anonymous participants in genome research have been re-identified in the past [0]. In one of these examples, people were re-identified merely using zip code, date of birth and gender. Everyone should assume that they can be identified once they have revealed even a few personal datapoints. The genome contains millions of datapoints.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/04/25/harvard-p...