Monday, October 22, 2007
DNA!! IS ANYONE ELSE CREEPED OUT?
Biometrics, or the technological use of DNA is the subject of the article "A Trail of DNA and Data" from the Washington Post. The article starts off with an interesting scenario about a person being pulled over by a police officer and his information being looked up using his DNA.The whole scenario is pretty creepy. The officer is able to look up everything there is to know about the driver from a simple lick. The article goes on to give facts about the direction that law enforcement and companies are using DNA to find out things about people in an attempt to make their jobs easier. What I found even more disturbing than the above scenario is the fact that people such as hackers and scam artists will be able to have access to your personal information due to its use b7y major companies and organizations., they wont even need to get your DNA themselves. All the info it provides will already be out there in cyberspace. I must admit that this is not an aspect of the digital revolution that i like. Its like something from a science fiction movie like Fahrenheit 51 . can Are companies and organizations actually allowed to do this stuff? Is anyone else creeped out by this?
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It is a potentially serious issue, but there are some privacy protections. Your DNA will not be out there on the net anytime soon. It is a scary thought.
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