Re: [DIYbio] Re: How to archive (long and precious) DNA samples for (potentially) long time?

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Nothing can stop an interested government agency from demanding
records from a company, particularly in places where there are
"expedited" methods of demanding information without warrants or court
orders, PATRIOT act style. So, if you want 100% confidentiality, order
from a company in a country where you don't care if the information is
leaked, and order it under a false name so it's hard to attribute to
you, and then kill all the lab technicians and sysadmins.

Just in case, submit a false DNA sample so they don't have your real
DNA, either.

I'm being silly of course but it's just the problem with central DNA
sequencing; there is no guarantee of privacy or rights to anything.
Just look at 23andMe: All friendly and goodwill and
let's-learn-together, then they patent your DNA at the first opportunity.

Never trust a corporation larger than your monkey circle to be
trustworthy. :)

On 02/26/2013 02:01 PM, Jeswin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Jiri Dluhos
> <jiri.bluebear.dluhos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Therefore, another question (please pardon my inquisitiveness,
>> I'm pretty new in this field): is there a reasonably trustable
>> company that does full-genome sequencing?
>>
>
> Make sure the information is 100% confidential. Since it is a new
> area, no one wants insurance companies, employers, governments,
> etc. to get hold of that data. I heard that some insurance
> companies (USA, I think?) ask for the results of genome sequence if
> you get one. That's rumor I heard. Can anyone verify that?
>

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