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ComodoHacker
on July 23, 2020
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Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles ...
Just wait until these fancy "smart" coffee cups with built-in nano-labs become ubiquitous.
a_bonobo
on July 23, 2020
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If we have nano-labs then we can also have nano-obfuscation-labs to protect our privacy - randomly mutate or CRISPR any DNA we shed
mirimir
on July 23, 2020
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Before that happens, I'm guessing that full DNA sequencing at birth will be a legal requirement. Like footprints are now.
alcover
on July 23, 2020
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Holly... You're right. This will happen. To an over-arching state this is the ultimate modus.
INSERT INTO Citizen(dob,ssn) VALUES 2030-10-28, sha(atgcaatgcatcgc..)
kzrdude
on July 24, 2020
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hashing (sha) is not very appropriate since you're not likely to ever reproduce exactly the same base pair sequence for the same person.
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