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RE: DNA Hacking reveals that DNA can be Malware that Compromises Computer Systems

in #science8 years ago

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.

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