Your Genome isn't Really Secret
Oct 24, 2015 16:13:13 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Oct 24, 2015 16:13:13 GMT -6
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Of course this information isn't secret it is already well known google servers are tied directly into government surveillance systems.
So in the end he is nothing but a selfish person, not wanting to help his fellow man but to extend his own life and have the ability to live longer.
So we have learned even the most technically sophisticated government organizations, the NSA, and CIA have been hacked and the directors emails have been hacked, what chance is our DNA info going to be safe.
Like everything else once this information is digitized supercomputers and soon a quantum computers can run endless permutations in minutes to achieve many things we might not like. Also of note if my DNA isn't secret then that makes you a thief looking to steal it making it a crime. Because I set down my cup doesn't give you permission to take it and extract my DNA.
"Bill Maris has a simple proposition for those who are a little freaked out by his efforts to digitize human DNA: “If we each keep our genetic information secret, then we’re all going to die.” OK then.
The Google Ventures managing partner has shifted the firm’s focus this year to investing in companies that aim to slow aging, reverse disease, and extend life. Many of those life-sciences companies do this by collecting customers’ genetic information and looking for trends.
Hoarding this kind of personal data introduces risks, particularly as hacking becomes an everyday occurrence. But Maris dismissed privacy concerns surrounding the prospect of genomic data becoming public. “What are you worried about?” he said at a Wall Street Journal technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday. “Your genome isn’t really secret.”"
The Google Ventures managing partner has shifted the firm’s focus this year to investing in companies that aim to slow aging, reverse disease, and extend life. Many of those life-sciences companies do this by collecting customers’ genetic information and looking for trends.
Hoarding this kind of personal data introduces risks, particularly as hacking becomes an everyday occurrence. But Maris dismissed privacy concerns surrounding the prospect of genomic data becoming public. “What are you worried about?” he said at a Wall Street Journal technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday. “Your genome isn’t really secret.”"
Of course this information isn't secret it is already well known google servers are tied directly into government surveillance systems.
"That’s because people constantly leave traces of their genomic material lying around in public. If someone really wanted the information, they don’t need to hack a server. They could just pull a cup with your saliva out of the trash and test it, said Maris, who studied neuroscience and helped form Calico, a company within Google parent company Alphabet that focuses on age-related diseases. Google Ventures is an investor in 23andMe, which sells a $99 DNA spit kit to provide customers with ancestry information.
"DNA technology has come a long way. Maris said the technical problems around editing the genome are practically solved. As for his line about how we’re all going to die: He didn’t mean immediately. Maris is a fierce advocate for life extension, racing his own mortality to invest in companies that might keep him and the rest of humanity alive longer—or, perhaps, indefinitely."
"DNA technology has come a long way. Maris said the technical problems around editing the genome are practically solved. As for his line about how we’re all going to die: He didn’t mean immediately. Maris is a fierce advocate for life extension, racing his own mortality to invest in companies that might keep him and the rest of humanity alive longer—or, perhaps, indefinitely."
So in the end he is nothing but a selfish person, not wanting to help his fellow man but to extend his own life and have the ability to live longer.
So we have learned even the most technically sophisticated government organizations, the NSA, and CIA have been hacked and the directors emails have been hacked, what chance is our DNA info going to be safe.
Like everything else once this information is digitized supercomputers and soon a quantum computers can run endless permutations in minutes to achieve many things we might not like. Also of note if my DNA isn't secret then that makes you a thief looking to steal it making it a crime. Because I set down my cup doesn't give you permission to take it and extract my DNA.