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Re:GlaxoSmithKline makes $300M investment in 23andMe, forms ... by whatshisface on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @08:25PM (#17614160)
Have you considered the impact on your relatives and descendants? They may care more about their privacy than you care about yours, and when you get sequenced they don't have a choice.
Re:GlaxoSmithKline makes $300M investment in 23andMe, forms ... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @08:42PM (#17614242)
I have considered the ethical issues. Not my problem, it’s my DNA.
Re:GlaxoSmithKline makes $300M investment in 23andMe, forms ... by whatshisface on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @08:48PM (#17614271)
The problem is, it's also theirs. Using the insurance example, even if you live in a country with socialized healthcare someone down or across the line from you may not. Indeed, you would be putting them at risk for all of the bad things to do with DNA that will be or were invented from fifty years ago until the computers forget your genome, without their consent, and unless they received a copy of your results without their benefit!
Re:GlaxoSmithKline makes $300M investment in 23andMe, forms ... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @09:34PM (#17614453)
It’s a legitimate concern that requires constant vigilance of an educated and engaged electorate. Otherwise we’ll end up paralyzed with anxiety of what if vs progress.