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people back then with the same exact mindset: "what could they possibly do with just my fingerprints?"

im just afraid of the unknown. now its useless but how about after another 5/10 years?


Also, genes pass down to your kids, compared to fingerprints which are just cca unique for each of us. What a terrible thing to (unknowingly) do to them. Gattaca and all.

When I first heard about them and similar services, the potential for abuse was the first thing that came to my mind. I am not paranoid in any way and those were easy times compared to now. Still, I prefer not knowing my ancestry than this.

And ancestry for Europeans is not such a hot topic, you just need to look at a bit of history of continent and its civilizations and get the idea.


Sorry, what exactly could (a is) someone doing with my fingerprints?


expect nothing more from a president who rug pulls his own people


Also I've read that people with the gene ABCC11 don't typically smell when they sweat. The more east you go, the more people have that gene.


Isn't this also associated with white ear wax?


I got "It's truly impressive how you managed to cram every single project you've ever worked on into this document. I bet it took a hell of a lot of time to type it all out."


what a dystopian world that would be


I guess we've been living in this dystopian world for 10,000 years, since that's the oldest known profession...


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