Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a major genealogy database

Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by i_cannot_hack on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:41AM (#23925397)

Of course I realised the comparison would be somewhat controversial, it was actually the point of bringing it up. However, if you have the time I would appreciate it if you tried to articulate why you think the comparison is unfair, instead of just a general dismissal.

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by macintux on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:58AM (#23926845)

Your (twin’s) photo is unlikely to be used for:

* Identifying future medical risk factors

* Solving 30-year-old cold cases where DNA is the only evidence

* Identifying parentage in adoption cases

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by i_cannot_hack on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:15AM (#23927001)

But my (twin's) photos could likely be used used for:

* Linking them to the location of a crime using Clearview AI and similar scraping facial recognition services

* Creating fake but believable defamatory photos and videos, such as deepfakes

* Being scraped and used in fake profiles by spambots and other nefarious actors

* Being exploited as a tool in identify theft and identify fraud, via various kinds of social engineering.

Do you not consider some of these scenarios worthy of a similar amount of consideration?

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by macintux on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:12PM (#23928888)

I consider them to be unavoidable, barring some extreme off-the-grid efforts. Your photo is out there. Your DNA doesn’t have to be.

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