Everyone’s got DNA, but unlike a Social Security or bank account number, genetic information rides the line between being both a wholly unique representation of the person to whom it belongs and a pretty good insight into who they might be spending Thanksgiving with this year.
The paradox represents a gray area for the still burgeoning arena of data usage and consent, especially as the possibilities inherent to DNA as an identifying agent grow more limitless.
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