[Lilug] The insanity of all biometric data.

[Robert Wilkens]

Personally, to me that would be less frightening, or at least equally
frightening, to my previous 6 months in terms of 'schizophrenia' symptoms
(schizophrenia as featured as a recent topic on your civgene site).  My
theory was that it had something more to do with nanorobots than genetics,
in that it felt like people were reading every passing thought i had and
reacting to it out loud.  Were it not nanorobotic, it was spiritual.

I'm no longer in 'that' place as the medication is 'now working' as of 1.5
weeks ago.

Though i realize the idea of tiny robots in the brain which transmit your
thoughts to other people/systems is really a tangent from where you were
going.

It is my understanding that whenever you do a blood test, the testing
companies often do sequence your DNA without your knowledge for whatever
nefarious purposes they do it for (or maybe towards drug development or
something).  I believe those companies have your identifying information
they put with the sample they take.  So I don't think there's too much you
can do about them doing this as is.

-Rob

On Aug 8, 2016 2:12 PM, "odinson" <odinson at warcloud.net> wrote:

Hi

        Rob brought up interesting point and I thought the discussion
should have a separate thread.  The problem of bio-metrics is that a single
database breach renders your body in a lifelong 'compromised' subclass to
other human beings.

        This is increasingly important as genetic scanning and modification
approaches TRIVIAL costs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_genome_sequencing#/media
/File:Historic_cost_of_sequencing_a_human_genome.svg

        This problem is brought up by the best genetic pros, pre CRISPR,
but AFAICT not decisively answered.  As it becomes trivial to implement
genetic scanning, and human genomes begin to pepper data volumes of all
security qualities.  Is a de-identified genome sequence itself a security
risk to it's genetic owner?

        Put another way, what happens when a sufficient variety of genetic
tests/markers are available that a DNA sequence file is statistically
indistinguishable from a fingerprint.  When physical properties of the
person can reliably IDENTIFY the sequence. 1-to-1.  No swab needed.  This
will be here in months not years (if it's not already here)  and could be
crippling you for life both in authentication class, and in privacy
(getting insurance, profiling your behavior, etc)

Something to chew on.

Matt
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My theory; Psychopaths precede the conscience,
http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
My maker blog; "The modness", http://themodness.wordpress.com
Scifi book; "Thicker Than Blood"  http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
Giselle's husband, Sebastian and Maxximus's father.
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