Stephen Downes

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I admin that I'm in the big purple mass of people who would do a genome analysis, and share my data, if asked. By 'share' though I do not mean 'give to some corporation that will make the data its private property'. Would I buy a genome kit for $99? Probably not - I don't need to know that badly. Maybe if I could get a 'home gene splicing kit' along with it, so I could try to give myself a tail. The point of this post is to suggest that people's attitudes toward privacy are changing. I don't think they are; I think that the calculation is the same as it has always been: if I can share without being harmed, and without harming others, and maybe get a little something for myself, I will.

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