{"id":137321,"date":"2018-10-15T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/dna-sequencing-and-the-end-of-privacy.html"},"modified":"2018-10-15T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:57:00","slug":"dna-sequencing-and-the-end-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/dna-sequencing-and-the-end-of-privacy.html","title":{"rendered":"DNA Sequencing and the End of Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those intersections between Cool Science and Creepy Results. So much DNA has been sequenced by average people in the US, that a substantial proportion of Americans could be identified purely based on a DNA sample and a few additional clues.<\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s both remarkable and, from a privacy and security standpoint, more than a bit disquieting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-dna-genealogy-privacy-20181012-story.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/qGcYTDamxnKL011MSJOiYRpZuqONGXgLWneZMBSx1i1m1yvBXxmPiPQgQUKXOHjr-9VFelG21e0FXsE-4tY6rXSR9DBx60_zuJLtvEVU7Bon9YYOQc7ey1-hhq1fG1o7wSVpr92T7sVtDMFZeMmxhV4-1It8naME86NkUXQRlIL3i23gKQ8vJvFJhvBugVe0gmAzW8BhLuxi7iHqlMudpa170Okjj8bdVz4=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-dna-genealogy-privacy-20181012-story.html'>So many people have had their DNA sequenced that they&#8217;ve put other people&#8217;s privacy in jeopardy &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Sekgq5bdrgf'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those intersections between Cool Science and Creepy Results. So much DNA has been sequenced by average people in the US, that a substantial proportion of Americans could be identified purely based on a DNA sample and a few additional clues. That&#39;s both remarkable and, from a privacy and security standpoint, more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/dna-sequencing-and-the-end-of-privacy.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DNA Sequencing and the End of Privacy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36824,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/dna-as-fingerprinting.html","url_meta":{"origin":137321,"position":0},"title":"DNA as Fingerprinting","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 3-Jun-13 2:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"My initial reaction is that, while I can see ways that this could be abused (e.g.., running analyses on DNA that might indicate medical information that could be used as evidence, or could be leaked to employers, etc.), it's hard for me to argue with the basic metaphor of DNA\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33527,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/03\/dna-art.html","url_meta":{"origin":137321,"position":1},"title":"DNA Art","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-May-13 11:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"A kinda cool idea (if, yeah, a bit creepy). \u00a0But ...'There is, of course, no way of knowing how accurate Dewey-Hagborg\u2019s sculptures are \u2014 since the samples are from anonymous individuals, a direct comparison cannot be made. 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