However...I cannot help but feel that this DNA thing is an unwelcome intrusion into our lives.
What if...an insurance company "discovered" via DNA triangulation that a particular family was very susceptible to some sort of costly disease that kicks in around middle age (heart disease, maybe?) and began to raise premiums based on what they found in said triangulation findings?
I suspect something similar is already occurring...it just hasn't hit the responsible media yet.
It's one thing to find your relatives via DNA, it's another to have that relative adversely effected by the findings, without them having given permission for sharing the findings.
An interesting legal question...one that will eventually rear it's ugly head.
Do not misconstrue anything I've written to be a defense for this murderous monster...it is not...I just find it interesting from a Constitutional aspect.
Yeah but to my understanding this is individuals giving their own DNA to other individuals, and then those people choose to share their analysis with the cops, or anyone who might be trying to catch a monster. How do we stop that constitutionally?
And yes you are completely correct in that the potential for abuse in this matter is vast—but if you ran an insurance company should you be forced to insure someone you know is too great a risk?
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