• @piecat@lemmy.world
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    72 years ago

    That’s probably the best case scenario honestly. They use our saliva and cure cancer.

    The other applications range from questionable to dystopian… Making a database of everyone’s DNA for law enforcement, data leaks and dark-web selling your DNA sequences, insurance buying the data to limit coverage after a claim, forensic genealogy as a way to catch criminals, using forensic genealogy to predict future offenders, targeted bio weapons, future tech like making clones of people, manufacturing fake evidence to plant.

    • @Jollyllama@lemmy.world
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      32 years ago

      One things missing with most of the those: profits. I’d be more worried about bad actors stealing the DNA data and using it for all those. The businesses will keep within regulations to keep the profits rolling in without getting shutdown.

      • @piecat@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        The business will gladly sell to the alphabet boys. And hackers will definitely get the data from poor security.