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Who hacked 23andMe for our DNA – and why?

4 pointsby georgecmuover 1 year ago

3 comments

RelativeDeltaover 1 year ago
The intent is rather irrelevant.<p>DNA and whole-life outcomes have been an extremely contentious conversation, but one that&#x27;s worth having, and any actor with more data is going to be able to make more fruitful insights.<p>A person (or, let&#x27;s be honest here, nation state) with a large collection of DNA sequences tied to real-life persons has two major advantages:<p>1. They can draw statistical correlations between what individual genes and gene clusters are associated with economic performance and which are not.<p>2. They can identify genetic susceptibility&#x2F;vulnerability. More benignly to things like chronic addiction, gambling, alcohol, nutrient deficiency, susceptibility to environmental effects etc. In a more conspiratorial direction it can form targeting data for weaponized&#x2F;tailored bioweapons once those make their way onto the public stage.
Bowes-Lyonover 1 year ago
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Simulacraover 1 year ago
The DNA part is completely relevant. If you consider it was a government that did the hacking.