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# Héritage

> [en] I like thinking about privacy as being collective, because it feels like a more true reflection of the fact that our lives are made up of relationships, and information about our lives is social and contextual by nature. The fact that I have a sister also indicates that my sister has at least one sibling: me. If I took a DNA test through 23andme ==I’m not just disclosing information about me but also about everyone that I’m related to==, none of whom are able to give consent. The privacy implications for familial DNA are pretty broad: this information might be used to sell or withhold products and services, expose family secrets, or implicate a future as-yet-unborn relative in a crime. I could email 23andme and ask them to delete my records, and they might eventually comply in a month or three. But my present and future relatives wouldn’t be able to do that, or even know that their privacy had been compromised at all.
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> <cite>*[left alone, together](https://phirephoenix.com/blog/2021-05-03/privacy)* ([cache](/david/cache/2021/9c4c83e66d9d0b259c17d0f87af70c69/))</cite>

Une personne proche n’avait pas eu conscience de divulguer une partie de l’information génétique de sa descendance en procédant à un séquençage. Et surtout, ne comprenait pas en quoi cette information pouvait être une donnée critique.

Toute donnée stockée sera exploitée, tout recoupement possible sera effectué. Ce n’est qu’une question de temps.