Whenever I start feeling smug about how cagey I've been about data brokers in the past, I remind myself that enough of my relatives have handed over their DNA to operations like 23andMe so as to render my efforts futile.
The US admin is already at the stage of mass deportations. Detention camps (beyond those we already have at the border) are probably not far behind.
This information can be easily used to target large groups of individuals.
What happens when an ambitious young data analyst correlates a gene with criminal activity?
The point is you don’t want an admin that carries out malicious discrimination to have genetic data. We have already seen that movie. It doesn’t end well.
Then such would be a great scientific study to examine, peer review, and replicate to assert if true or not.
If true, wouldnt it make sense to monitor them? May be not go full minority report, but certainly makes it easier to catch.
My point is that there's no reason to believe criminal tendencies are genetic in nature. If they are or aren't it is still easy to identify correlation. To even embark on this dangerous path of research we would need robust guardrails to ensure it doesn't devolve to genocide again.
> May be not go full minority report, but certainly makes it easier to catch.
Makes what easier to catch? How close do you think we should get to Minority Report? My opinion is that we should strive to be as far from Minority Report as possible at all times.
Racism comes from a place of ignorance. It's literally stupid. Genetic data is very easy to misinterpret and human history has no lack of examples of how it can be misused to cause harm to innocent people. Stupid people will misinterpret genetic data the same way they misinterpret skin color or any other physical characteristic.
... if, in your deepest heart, you'd be comfortable with that...
... I'd humbly suggest that you may have a genetic condition that makes you a lot more trusting of under-constrained authority surveilling you than the average human being, and you should be sensitive to their genetically-predisposed needs for privacy.
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Would you advocate for the US to invite every citizen of Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela to move here? If not, why these particular 532,000 people?
I think this trend will continue, not just in politics but across all sectors. The internet you experience will be tailored to your personality completely, but it will also be shaped to steer you in directions decided by who pay the most. The more data they collect about you, the more effective this manipulation will be.
This doesn't even account for the risks posed by malicious actors who might target you using this information.
Similar to November, a Musk funded group is currently offering $100 to registered voters in Wisconsin to sign a petition against “activist judges” with a not so subtle nudge to vote for the judge that will be favorable to the lawsuit he(musk) and Tesla are involved in within the state and who happens to be be part of the Trump gang having campaigned with junior.
One drop rule. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule
IBM and the Holocaust, Japanese Internment, Stasi. Sibling mentions a worrying current development.
I have a suspicion it will entail making an account.