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Whenever I start feeling smug about how cagey I've been about data brokers in the past, I remind myself that enough of my relatives have handed over their DNA t
by steelframe 1y ago
Whenever I start feeling smug about how cagey I've been about data brokers in the past, I remind myself that enough of my relatives have handed over their DNA to operations like 23andMe so as to render my efforts futile.
- thomassmith65 1y agoMost likely, they're also sharing photos, videos and intimate details of you on social media.
- beng-nl 1y agoAnd have corresponded by email to/from GP using a hosted email provider..
- globular-toast 1y agoYeah, and by not participating directly yourself you just earned a tag of "non-conformist", "weirdo" or perhaps "entity that has something to hide".
- lelandfe 1y agoDid Facebook ever create a way for someone to delete the “shadow profiles” it builds for non-users? I have a suspicion it will entail making an account.
- r00fus 1y agoI hear the tried and true approach is to make an account and poison their well with fake but somewhat realistic data and don't close it.
- dustyharddrive 1y agoWhy sign their limitation of liability?
- swyx 1y agorespectfully, privacy is important, but what exactly are the attack vectors if, say, I had your DNA? what happens?
- 1659447091 1y agoHealth insurance first, is my guess. A way to discriminate; like car companies (GM) sharing data with insurance companies. But on a whole other level.
- swyx 1y agook sure, make that illegal, the way redlining for mortgages is illegal. next?
- thunderfork 1y ago[dead]
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoPhew, good thing that things many people think are problems but that benefit large businesses always get made illegal. We’d be in a real pickle if that weren’t the case.
- grumple 1y agoThe administration could decide to detain, deport, or kill everyone who has certain traits - say, Jewish, or Arab, or Mexican, or maybe just has undesirable traits. The db of millions of users makes this very easy. The US admin is already at the stage of mass deportations. Detention camps (beyond those we already have at the border) are probably not far behind.
- chii 1y agoNone of those actions require the use of dna sequencing to happen.