Quote:
Originally Posted by AOII Angel
What exactly is your fear from a privacy perspective? At this point, your DNA can't say too terribly much about you since science has yet to unravel what all of our genes do. I think is a stretch to say that we'll start looking for genetic defects or genetic susceptibilities from this data. That kind of research is way in the future and so expensive as to be impossible for the government to undertake anytime soon. We already have protections against discrimination based on genetic data.....I feel pretty safe.
|
-How far is "WAY" into the future? What's the fastest way to make something inexpensive? (HINT: It may just be the government needing it)
-Also, you vastly underestimate the amount of data that can be extracted from genetic information, but that's really not important to your argument.
-Remember, no matter how far ahead . . . they'll still have the data, so if it's an eventuality (and it is) then it will . . . eventually happen.
-It's not just the DNA in a blood/tissue sample - there's more in there. They can keep the blood, look for anything else, etc. Liver failure? It's there, the police know. Why? They don't need that information.
-"I didn't do anything wrong so why should I care?" is still an abhorrent justification, hence the worry.
I'm not sure I have a problem with this on a substantive level, but it starts to edge into worrisome territory when we play that card.