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Comment by dennisy | Hacker News Reader

Not overly related, but I just received a kit for Christmas and I am a little worried about sending my DNA to a company for storage and possibly sale later on?

Does this concern anyone else, that in some not too distant future, ads etc could be DNA targeted?

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One important aspect to consider: You putting your DNA online will also potentially effect your children and other direct relatives whom you share most of you DNA with.

You might be OK with the risk but are you willing to decide for you children who might grow up in a potentially very different society?

You have certain markers for certain mental health issues? Thank you for your application but the position has already been filled. Health insurance? We run a background check and unfortunately we are not able to make you an offer.

People that say you will not be discriminated for your DNA because such discrimination is not legal are absolutely delusional.

Not to mention people are still straight being murdered in some parts of the world for having the wrong ethnicity. Things can change very fast in your country.

Possibly of getting mistakenly matched to a criminal in the database. These dna tests have 99.9% accuracy but in large enough #s the .1 comes to bite hard. Also any future children are at risk of becoming suspects. The criminal justice system is imperfect it gets false convictions all the time why risk it

What happens if you send non-human DNA? e.g. a sample of your dog's saliva?

I'm more worried about not being hired because of ADHD markers.

Or dropped from insurance.

This would be disability discrimination.

And lying to FAA about your aircraft would be criminal fraud, yet no one responsible for Boeing MAX is in jail.

Like they would tell you the real reason, why you were dropped.

No, you're the lucky one who can get through the regulatory hurdles to get uppers, middle managers are dying to get you on staff.

There’s also the possibility that somebody’s feelings could get hurt if unexpected family members are discovered.

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