All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan

Re:All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan by bitL on Monday November 08, 2021 @10:46AM (#29150449)

Would you like to have your DNA being used to manufacture a virus that only kills you/your family, based off DNA structure some 23andMe customer bought from them? Right now 23andMe might be the "good guys" like what Google used to be, but for how long?

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Re:All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan by soapdog on Monday November 08, 2021 @11:18AM (#29150837)

There are cheaper ways to kill a whole family as any organised crime boss will be happy to tell. Also, I don't like google either, but jumping from google used to be good too to your DNA will aid bioterrorism is kind of a far jump. People wanting to manufacture a virus, and who have the means to do so, don't need 23andMe database.

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Re:All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan by Tagbert on Monday November 08, 2021 @11:17AM (#29150829)

But what if that person is constructing the virus to kill everyone else but spare the ones with the submitted DNA? would that be OK? How far should we take this?

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