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by enriquepablo 2345 days ago
DNA is an anti-secret in the same way that digital rights management schemes are an anti-secret. DRM schemes only work through legal support; and in my opinion, legally protecting the secrecy of DNA is much more sensible (from a human pow, rather than from an economic growth pow) than legally protecting the secrets behind DRMs. People can be actively harmed, can be discriminated laboraly for example, if their DNA is public, as opposed to being devoid of some imaginary profits.