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Comment by ianbutler

Okay but like, I'm not planning on committing a crime and nothing I do now is considered criminal, but let's play out the worst case scenario and a fascist government comes to power and something I do now is considered criminal and they can place me doing it with this DNA that as the author describes can narrow down if it was me pretty easily.

You can tell me I'm paranoid or something, but I can also just not give them my DNA for no effort and be all the more better off if something like this happens OR if I do commit a crime under current laws I haven't given up the ghost immediately.

This feels like short term little gain for catastrophic effects in the worst case scenario.

The author also makes this like a weird dichotomy with online tracking, I ALSO care about being tracked on the internet and my personal privacy is pretty important to me in general.

I want all of my privacy, or better worded I want privacy to be my choice such as here on HN where I use my real name intentionally. :)

parent ianbutler 1 year ago

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