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#BioWarfare #DNA #Data #Privacy ‘You can take someone’s #DNA and design a #weapon that can kill them’: https://lnkd.in/gRzJK_2v: #House #intelligence #committee member warns people not to share #health #data with sites like #23andMe because it can be used to program new #bioweapons to target them:
• US Rep #JasonCrow warned that bio-weapons are being made that use a target’s DNA to only kill that person during the Aspen #Security Forum on Friday
• The #congressman said the development of the #weapons is worrisome given the popularity of DNA testing services like 23andMe
23andMe has stated that it does not sell off #customer’s #private #information #PII, but the company is one of many that has provided information to police
• In 2019, it was found that several #Russian and #Chinese #labs were processing #DNA #tests for Americans through #Medicare and #Medicaid
• Officials warned the bio-weapons could also target #animals and disrupt #food #supplies around the globe
A member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee warned that bio-weapons are being made that use a target’s DNA to only kill that person. ‘You can actually take someone’s DNA, take, you know, their medical profile and you can target a biological weapon that will kill that person or take them off the battlefield or make them inoperable.’
The congressman said the development of the weapons is worrisome given the popularity of DNA testing services, where people willingly share their genetic mapping with businesses to gain insight on their #genealogy and #health. ‘You can’t have a discussion about this without talking about #privacy and the #protection of #commercial #data because expectations of privacy have degraded over the last 20 years,’
‘We have to have an open and public discussion about… what the #protection of #healthcare #information, #DNA #information, and your data look like because that #data is actually going to be procured and collected by our #adversaries for the development of these #systems.’
Earlier this week, the Washington Examiner reported on just how easy it could be for privately-owned #databases to be used to develop #bioweapons such as the ones touted by Crow: https://lnkd.in/gHYQtEGA: The publication explained how DNA belonging to a target – or the close relative of a target – could be stolen and used to form a #biological #weapon effective against that person only. That technology could lead to highly-#targeted #assassination programs, and also make it much harder for killers to be tracked down. Similar technology could be deployed against US #agriculture by designing weapons which target only a certain breed of #farm #animal, or #crop.
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