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by chrisbaglieri 2884 days ago
I am always fascinated by these concerns. The data available on you today (financial history, social data, search histories) is more complete, concrete and actionable than one's genomics data. I say this as someone who works in this area.
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You can change your credit score, social circles or what you search. Your genome is frozen in time and is passed down to your children.
"I have lost all my privacy already and this is another dataset that I have no say over so why fight? You are powerless regardless. Oh and I work for the companies that benefit from your data."
Today it's more actionable. In the future, maybe not. And not only is the person signing up, but he or she is also signing up his/her offspring.