Re: The Source

[Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>]

So, although Katie disagreed with me back in October when this got
posted, I wanted to point out this interesting article:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129613.600-genetic-mugshot-recreates-faces-from-nothing-but-dna.html#.Uzr_1_ldXAs

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-dave


On 10/31/2013 2:32 PM, Dave Aitel wrote:
> So, to continue today's email flood, one thing I've been thinking about,
> as it pertains to cyberweapons, is of course, the original information
> virus of them all: DNA.
>
> First of all, I think it's pretty clear databases exist that are wide
> enough and complete enough (and covert enough) that a complete family
> tree of almost everyone in certain regions exists. Likewise, I'm pretty
> sure you (for certain values of "you") can take any given DNA sample and
> back-port it to a picture of that person.
>
> DNA databases are almost by definition hugely scary. I don't know if
> they qualify as "cyber weapons" in and of themselves, but they're close.
>
> -dave
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