[awb]

> I stopped thinking of my DNA as a secret when I realized how impossible it is to keep other people from having access to it.

The idea isn't 100% security or nothing, but to make it harder for the data to be exploited.

Lots of our personal data isn't a well kept secret, but I also don't give it to any company that asks for it, unlike my shoe size.

[wahern]

The harder it is to exploit the data, the harder it is to do basic genetic research. There's a fundamental dilemma there. If you don't want to share your data with research organizations, so be it. But calling other people suckers for voluntarily sharing their data means you'd rather live in a world where scientific and medical advancement are stunted.

That's like called open source contributors suckers, as it gives away their labor for free and makes them more susceptible to copyright and patent litigation. Maybe so, but the world is better off for it.

[awb]

I'm just saying don't share your DNA with everyone because you think it's an open secret.

Genetic research is important but pick the lab carefully.