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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait, what the fuck? This is inexcusable. This means even if you weren’t born in CA, parts of your genome will still be in their database if you’re related to anyone who was, and those parts are often enough to identify you. This isn’t just about personal privacy, it’s about our collective ability to retain ownership and control over the most fundamental parts of ourselves and our families. And this data will obviously be abused by law enforcement, if it hasn’t already, because that’s what they do.

Babies deserve even more privacy protections than adults, since they can’t consent to anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I still think I should be able to copyright my DNA and sue anyone who uses it without my informed consent, if Monsanto can do it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

I’m glad they collect dna from newborns. This protects people’s identities. My dna was collected at birth, as was the dna of my babies at birth. It really is in everyone’s best interests.