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by dekhn 925 days ago
To your first point: Yes, I generally extend my argument to more or less everything in the modern world. Put your garbage out on the street: reporters can rifle through it looking for evidence.

To your second point: we already know DNA can't remain confidential (there is no practical mechanism by which even a wealthy person could avoid a sufficiently motivated adversary who wanted to expose their DNA). That's just a fact, we should adjust our understanding based on that fact.

Most important: sharing my genomic information with the world is not a breach of any privacy framework I'm aware of and subject to (US laws). Do you have a specific framework or country in mind?