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Re:One of the Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Worki... by maxerickson on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:53PM (#19060923)
If some future hell has us ruining people because of their DNA, it's not gonna be opt in. At least not for very long.
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Re:One of the Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Worki... by nickpsecurity on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:49PM (#19061159)
Most of the problems today with privacy are opt-in. There's also a national security argument for dragnet surveillance. For another potential justification, I'll just throw in a great, older movie and a good, newer one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO_x-po_Nsc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWw4V6GTyKw

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