Whenever I start feeling smug about how cagey I've been about data brokers in the past, I remind myself that enough of my relatives have handed over their DNA to operations like 23andMe so as to render my efforts futile.
Phew, good thing that things many people think are problems but that benefit large businesses always get made illegal. We’d be in a real pickle if that weren’t the case.
The administration could decide to detain, deport, or kill everyone who has certain traits - say, Jewish, or Arab, or Mexican, or maybe just has undesirable traits. The db of millions of users makes this very easy.
The US admin is already at the stage of mass deportations. Detention camps (beyond those we already have at the border) are probably not far behind.
Not required. Also not the point. Genetic data allows bulk identification of traits that may not be outwardly visible. Or even invention of new traits.
This information can be easily used to target large groups of individuals.
What happens when an ambitious young data analyst correlates a gene with criminal activity?
The point is you don’t want an admin that carries out malicious discrimination to have genetic data. We have already seen that movie. It doesn’t end well.
> If true, wouldn't it make sense to monitor them?
My point is that there's no reason to believe criminal tendencies are genetic in nature. If they are or aren't it is still easy to identify correlation. To even embark on this dangerous path of research we would need robust guardrails to ensure it doesn't devolve to genocide again.
> May be not go full minority report, but certainly makes it easier to catch.
Makes what easier to catch? How close do you think we should get to Minority Report? My opinion is that we should strive to be as far from Minority Report as possible at all times.
Racism comes from a place of ignorance. It's literally stupid. Genetic data is very easy to misinterpret and human history has no lack of examples of how it can be misused to cause harm to innocent people. Stupid people will misinterpret genetic data the same way they misinterpret skin color or any other physical characteristic.
Ask yourself, honestly, how comfortable you'd be with the idea of the government monitoring you (regardless of how you act, think, or feel) because you have a gene sequence correlated with antisocial activity.
... if, in your deepest heart, you'd be comfortable with that...
... I'd humbly suggest that you may have a genetic condition that makes you a lot more trusting of under-constrained authority surveilling you than the average human being, and you should be sensitive to their genetically-predisposed needs for privacy.
If the US is 'at the stage of mass deportation' [of people here illegally in the first place] it's only because we've been wildly generous to that set of people for so long that there's a backlog of them. In most countries, doing crimes while there illegally is something you don't dare do, or deportation could be the least of your worries.
Okay, but almost no other countries ever accepted people on this vague basis in the first place -- since "The country I'm from is poorly run" isn't a recognized reason for seeking asylum. They got 2 years free out of generosity, and now they want a green card on what grounds again?
Would you advocate for the US to invite every citizen of Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela to move here? If not, why these particular 532,000 people?
Most people here seem concerned about insurance companies misusing personal data or a full-on totalitarian government takeover. However, my concern is about becoming susceptible to manipulation and coercion. A significant aspect the last election was the use of "Super PACs" like Elon's which targeted individuals on social media to influence their decision.
I think this trend will continue, not just in politics but across all sectors. The internet you experience will be tailored to your personality completely, but it will also be shaped to steer you in directions decided by who pay the most. The more data they collect about you, the more effective this manipulation will be.
This doesn't even account for the risks posed by malicious actors who might target you using this information.
You don't need DNA for that though. Just hand out money and buy people.
Similar to November, a Musk funded group is currently offering $100 to registered voters in Wisconsin to sign a petition against “activist judges” with a not so subtle nudge to vote for the judge that will be favorable to the lawsuit he(musk) and Tesla are involved in within the state and who happens to be be part of the Trump gang having campaigned with junior.
Sure. I just think that we will be looking back at that as a horribly inefficient and expensive way to accomplish something that will be much more advanced soon.
yeah you're just projecting your personal concerns on to this thread. i have FAR more info about you from your social media activity than your DNA. learn to compartmentalize.
