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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by dfc on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @06:43PM (#3984444)
Apparently it is important for you to know your genetics, but it is ridiculous and maybe even pompous for you to say its important for me to know my genetics and join 23andme. If I do end up becoming a subscriber to a dna service it is not going to be for a couple years. I'd like to wait for the law to catch up with the technology and enjoy a significantly discounted price.
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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by civilian on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:11PM (#3984549)
You leave your DNA so many places anyway... I figure if the gov. wanted it, they'd have it. Enjoying a discounted price makes sense though, and a lot of the genetics things don't become something to worry about until later in life.

I didn't mean to be pompous, I just wanted to counter the absurdity of the article.

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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by dfc on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:27PM (#3984614)
I am actually more worried about nefarious private sector actors using my DNA against me. There are countless ways that the private sector can use knowledge of my DNA against me.
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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by Timothee on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @08:15PM (#3984747)
First in line would be health insurances obviously, who would be very happy to increase your premium because of such-and-such genetic traits.
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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by Retric on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @10:14PM (#3985028)
It's my understanding that that's already illegal in the US.

http://www.genome.gov/24519851

+State laws:

http://www.genome.gov/PolicyEthics/LegDatabase/PubSearchResu...

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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by dfc on Thursday May 17, 2012 @12:54PM (#3987882)
So you are saying I should not worry because nothing ever happens that is against the law?
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Re:How DNA Site 23andMe Outed Parents Who Gave Up Their Firs... by jack-r-abbit on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:21PM (#3984593)
I don't think I've seen a crime drama series yet that didn't, at some point, pull the old "here... have this soda while we wait" trick and then harvested the DNA from it after the perp was released. Those sneaky law men.
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