Right now, #23andme, the DNA testing and data collection site, might be up for grabs to the highest bidder.
Including some of the most private (and immutable) data of 15 million people.
«Genetic data is immutable and can reveal very personal details about you and your family members.»
This shows, that data that has been exposed and/or collected once, will be available to anyone with money or hacking skills.
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in reply to Marcel Waldvogel • • •For those interested in that message packed in a much more cheerful way, this video (with subtitles) explains the social impact in just over a minute.
Enjoy! (Or whatever feeling will come up behind that buoyant atmosphere.)
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in reply to Marcel Waldvogel • • •The worst thing: This very revealing and personal data may already be on the market. Because of lack of enforced secure login (e.g. #2FA) and an open "social" policy of providing almost unrestricted access to the most personal and immutable data for any random stranger with some #DNA likeness.
Personal data is not here to play games with. By anyone.
#DNAsamples #23andme #Privacy
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in reply to Marcel Waldvogel • • •More on the #23andme bankruptcy in this thread by @pluralistic (read upward from the link).
But the thread (read downward) alsopromotes the fascinating idea of a compulsory "living will", that for any company on whose function their customers rely on, the company has to set aside instructions and funds to help transition the users.
For goods attached to a mandatory cloud service, e.g. open-source the components or help free the goods from the cloud.
#LivingWill
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in reply to Marcel Waldvogel • •Well ... who's laughing at my tinfoil hat now;) It's always a conspiracy until it isn't.
Image the worst possible thing that corps could do, and you're likely only half way there.