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by thewebcount 1265 days ago
> Yeah but that data can be used to make things better for you later.

Or, the more likely case, someone figures out how to de-anonymize it and it could be used to hurt me later. That seems much much more likely to me.

1 comments

1. I dont think DNA can be sufficiently anonymized.

2. I think de-anonymization not only hurts you but also could hurt a large % of the people you are directly related to.