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vegasone
10-15-2018, 02:53 PM
https://www.wired.com/story/genome-hackers-show-no-ones-dna-is-anonymous-anymore/




In 2013, a young computational biologist named Yaniv Erlich shocked the research world by showing it was possible to unmask the identities (https://www.wired.com/2013/01/your-genome-could-reveal-your-identity/) of people listed in anonymous genetic databases using only an Internet connection (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/339/6117/321).

Dave Schwartz
10-15-2018, 03:57 PM
That deserves a huge "WOW!"

Long article but worth the read.

chadk66
10-15-2018, 04:07 PM
Holy crap