Abortion rights in the US are under threat, and it's become apparent that women's cycle tracking data can be used against them. This isn't just an American issue. Health data privacy, particularly in regard to reproductive health data, is a global problem.
Interesting related area is law enforcement (or amateur sleuth) access to genetic databases.
On the one hand solving cold case murders/rapes/etc is a pretty good thing but on the other hand the ability to identify people can be misused for all kinds of things.
Interesting related area is law enforcement (or amateur sleuth) access to genetic databases.
On the one hand solving cold case murders/rapes/etc is a pretty good thing but on the other hand the ability to identify people can be misused for all kinds of things.
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/22/how-your-family-tree-could-catch-a-killer
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/magazine/dna-test-crime-identification-genome.html