Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes...
by toomuchtodo on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:08PM
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My entire genome is publicly available through Harvard's Personal Genome Project. I weighed the pros and cons, and settled on helping contribute to progress was more important than my fear of the unknown future.
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Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes...
by dekhn on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:16PM
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Me too! https://my.pgp-hms.org/profile/hu80855C
let me know if you find anything interesting. When I had it sequenced, the genetic counsellors said I had none of the common disease risk factors, which seemed a bit surprising.
I have a background in biology, have done extensive work with genomic data, and weighed the future risks pretty carefully. Ultimately I didn't see any real problem with posting my raw BAM files and I assume a dedicated person could identify me if they tried.
Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes...
by Fishman343 on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:13PM
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I do appreciate that there is a lot of public good being done with the information, my comment came off more doom-and-gloomy than I had hoped. It just seems a bit risky to me, its the sort of thing that can't really be anonymous and that gets my hackles up so to speak.
Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes...
by CaptSpify on Sunday July 10, 2016 @04:33PM
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And if you want it to be available, it should be. I haven't seen anyone arguing that people who consent shouldn't be able to make their info public.
My concern is for people who don't want that info to be made public