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DNA Can Now Be Pulled from Thin Air. Privacy Experts Are Worried

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Gattaca was prescient. The scenes of Ethan Hawke scrubbing cells off were spot on.

Also note that it costs less then $0.10 per base pair for gene synthesis. Once someone has a unique sequence of yours they can fabricate evidence for a low price. https://www.biobasic.com/genes-pricing/

If they have the DNA, wouldn't they just use PCR?

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