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My first reaction on seeing 23andMe and its workalikes was "why the flying fuck would I want to give my DNA information to a corporate entity in this world of ubiquitous corporate surveillance!?"
It's nice to have cynicism vindicated. Again.
I don't understand the unforeseen ramifications he's talking about for your entire family. I understand the main fear about uncertainty regarding what happens to the data, which is likely sold to the pharmaceutical sector or Institutions. However, what's the point? I don't support such companies, but it seems like there's a lot of fearmongering without much substance. It's not that different from an ISP or any company collecting data to sell to other companies or institutions. No one expected anything different, and those who did are likely just consumers who don't care about these issues at the end of the day.
There are examples in there. Police grab data off of a random crime scene, then they generate a pic out of that data. They start looking for a culprit.
Now imagine "the black sheep" of the family, a crackhead cousin or a criminal, steals something and kills someone. Police get in, get a swab, and create a portrait that looks exactly like you. Or better yet, they find matches of the DNA and trace it back to you - who went for the service. Suddenly you are in deep shit and need to prove your innocence. Also imagine you are a public figure - a local polititian, headmaster of the school, whatever. Suddenly you hit the news, and everyone "judges" you to be guilty. Media spread it around, you lose your job.
Even with a full DNA sequence, recreating it (how even?) and placing it at a crime scene without police or lab involvement is highly complex and unlikely. Using hairs or other physical evidence is more feasible for framing someone?