I'm black

[Ostinato Rubato]

Rubato just set himself up for a bunch of paternity claims.

It's all fun and games until someone finds out I'm their dad.

[Ostinato Rubato]

Rubato just set himself up for a bunch of paternity claims.

also THAT'S RACIST!!!!

[IndyWS6]

I'm not too worried about someone from Russia or China traveling to Minnesota to scrape DNA out of my garbage can.

But what could China and Russia do with your DNA and why would they care to get it in the first place? A DNA profile is pretty useless information unless you are wanted for a major crime like child abduction, murder or rape. Smaller crimes like theft, burglary etc... not the even cops will bother with DNA... Not to mention that a lot of states now mandate DNA samples to be taken whenever you are convicted of a crime, so if you have recent priors, it's already in the system.

But I agree that if you are a murderer with no prior convictions, you should not sign up for 23 and Me.

A lot more damage can be done by getting into someone's phone or getting their SSN than by getting their DNA profile ... I don't think that's a priority for any hacker out there.

Insurance companies, I can see it. But they already have many legal ways to get it.

Solid advice.

To be clear, if someone willingly supplies DNA to one of the genealogy companies and, sharing that information within the bounds of the legal agreement signed by the customer, they find murderers and rapists, good for them. We don't need people like that walking around. My concern, and it didn't really feel "tin foil hat" like to me (maybe tin foil hat people lack self-awareness , but I digress...), were the other possibilities. The legal agreement is incredibly wide-ranging in terms of what can be shared, and to whom (it's not in your favor), they catalog data on 10x the number of markers that are needed for genealogical purposes and, once cataloged, that data can be replicated infinitely. You have no idea where, or in how many places, that data is stored or the level of data security being used. And, your privacy is "protected" only by the word of a for-profit company. How often does that go sideways? A data breach involving personal health details is far worse than a stolen credit card (the charges are not your responsibility and the card can be replaced) and, at least for the time being, on par with having your identity stolen. I think it will be much worse in the future as science advances and makes it easier for the criminals to get the tools needed to exploit that DNA information. I hope I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem like a big stretch to me...

[clipless bumper]

Rubato just set himself up for a bunch of paternity claims.

also THAT'S RACIST!!!!

wow - and he's only been black for two days...........

[soulsurfer]

If Mr. Air Humper is black, then I'm a 24yr old Asian.

Call me

[ZEEGLER]

Egypt is in North Africa, as is Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, etc. Most of whose population aren't "black".

So maybe you're 2% terrorist?

[Devin]

Egypt is in North Africa, as is Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, etc. Most of whose population aren't "black".

So maybe you're 2% terrorist?

[Pepi]

Guess WHO flew over Cherokee reservation ???

[IndyWS6]

Guess WHO flew over Cherokee reservation ???

Day late and a dollar short...

[Pepi]

Guess WHO flew over Cherokee reservation ???

Day late and a dollar short...

I don't ever read this shit

[soulsurfer]

Rubato just set himself up for a bunch of paternity claims.

also THAT'S RACIST!!!!

wow - and he's only been black for two days...........

And he’s already learned an important part of the language.