[Lilug] Unrelated Question

[Andrew T. Stager]

Yeah I cherish that significantly more than my fingerprint.

On Mar 13, 2017 23:38, "odinson" <odinson at warcloud.net> wrote:

>
> A stark warning.   Once you loose control of your biometrics anonymity is
> gone forever.
>
> Nobody should be sending human DNA to anyone unless it is anonomized.
> Since the implication is it is yours (think it's illegal any other way) not
> sure how that would work.
>
> As sequencing approaches pocket change in cost, for sure this is going to
> happen WAY more in the future.  Value is way too high.  So a good guideline
> is needed.  IMO 'never sequence your DNA' ain't gunna cut it.
>
> Matt
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017, Kewisch, Jorg wrote:
>
> I am very skeptical of this dna test offers. Beside giving such important
>> personal information to someone else without any control (the FBI has
>> subpoenad some test results), how do we know that the results are correct
>> or useful? It would be interesting to submit to several different services
>> and compare the results (but not my dna!). I know someone who did the
>> ancestry testing. Result:  from all over Europe. That can probably be
>> claimed for most Caucasians without generating doubt.  Another one is a TV
>> ad: "I am 26% native American". I would believe 25% or 12.5% or 6.25%, but
>> how do they come up with 26%?
>>
>> But then: if you have a facebook account and have already surrendered
>> your baby pictures and all other private information, go ahead and try
>> it....
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Lilug [lilug-bounces at lists.lilug.org] on behalf of Robert Wilkens [
>> robwilkens42 at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 10:06 PM
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>> Subject: [Lilug] Unrelated Question
>>
>> On this mailing list a few months ago (??) there was discussion of DNA
>> and Crispr and all that.
>>
>> I finally got curious enough to buy a DNA test kit, but i didn't do
>> anything with it yet (didn't get it yet).  Thanks to this list i learned
>> there are places you can upload your raw DNA data file to for analysis, one
>> i found was something called promethease i think.
>>
>> In the 'sample results' (again, i don't have mine yet) -- one single
>> result (gene) found showed a likelihood for autism, schizophrenia, and
>> chronic sinusitis, and i deal - daily - with some level of all three.  I am
>> expecting a similar genetic result in that department.  I am curious if i
>> am right.
>>
>> I think someone mentioned some kind of "open source" DNA analysis?  If
>> there is can you mention what it was called?  I will then put it 2-3 months
>> ahead on my calendar to then remind me to find and try it once i have
>> results, hopefully something compatible with ancestry's file format (? is
>> it different?).
>>
>> I am OK to run software comptaible with Linux, Android, or Windows.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
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