On: Sequencing your DNA with a USB dongle and open sou...

[garettmd]

I'm wondering about the impacts of cheap/accessible DNA sequencing in the future. Not just impacts to existing businesses, but what does it mean from a privacy perspective? If someone could take a strand of your hair and then get your genome sequence from it - what would be the implications?

[pishpash → garettmd]

In the long future: total loss of privacy and identity as meaningful concepts.