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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by oh_sigh on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:37PM (#23923934)
What could you do to a million or a billion people that would make life a nightmare for them if their biometric data was stolen en masse?
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by bkanber on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:43PM (#23923966)
My concern is not what can be done today, but rather in 15 years.
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by victor9000 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @01:28AM (#23924418)
Discriminate against them based on medical conditions, persecute them based on "impurities" (think Hitler & Jews or China & Uyghurs), make them targets of fishing expeditions for unsolved crimes, etc.
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