News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area Rapist case. Parent comment

Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by zo1 on Friday April 27, 2018 @03:51PM (#16943760)
"our DNA is private."

How does one even come to such a conclusion?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by aswanson on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:40PM (#16944596)
It's the essence of who you are, your uniqueness against every other living thing on the planet. I can see how psychologically compelling that idea is, even though I disagree.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by fixermark on Friday April 27, 2018 @06:23PM (#16944923)
That's going to be bad news for identical twins.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by aswanson on Friday April 27, 2018 @09:42PM (#16945698)
Nah. They've got unique fingerprints. Initial conditions are always unique.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by fixermark on Monday April 30, 2018 @02:44AM (#16956321)
What I mean is: should I be able to stop my identical twin from uploading his DNA to a genealogy site without my consent because we have identical DNA?

Legally, the answer is pretty much "no" right now, and I think it's morally also "no."

[ Parent | on HN ]