RE: DNA Hacking reveals that DNA can be Malware that Compromises Computer Systems
One of my good friends is one the premier DNA guys there is, I will run this past him and get his reaction. As to my reaction, well... I am much less concerned that the computers can be hacked than by the potential that human DNA can be hacked as intimated by Zizek in the video. Does it go in both directions?
I need more information before I make any kind of concrete statement here. The video stated they "created a synthetic DNA strand" and "they encoded malware into a small DNA sequence they purchased on the internet." This is too vague, was the DNA strand they purchased online a synthetic strand and they edited that, or did they purchase an organic DNA strand and add a synthetic component to it? ... I looked it up, looks like it was a complete synthetic strand see here.
Nonetheless, the ability to store data on human DNA appears to have been achieved in 2012 see this so the ability to hack a computer that reads it has been feasible for at least 5 years. This is likely just the first public experiment. Given the EMF soup we are living in... enter desired nightmare scenario here. It does make me think of Morgellons, but again, purely speculative. Too much to put together this late at night on my side of the world. Will think on it more.
Great points! In fact, with a CRISPR kit, you can edit DNA, including human DNA.
Just as editing computer code is 'hacking' it, so is editing DNA.
Just as you can do it with a CRISPR kit, so can your neighbor, Antifa, or the Shining Path.
This story doesn't really reflect that, but rather how simply by analyzing DNA, code can be run on the computer. Once you can run code, you can do most anything, including misreport the DNA results, and this can frame innocent people for crimes, paternity, or even misdiagnose them with diseases - and the treatments for some diseases can be fatal for certain genotypes, making this even a means of assassination.
If this report is factual, this is a big deal.