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Poking Holes in Genetic Privacy – NYTimes.com
June 17, 2013https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/346318841367908352
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/science/poking-holes-in-the-privacy-of-dna.html
QT:”
June 16, 2013
Poking Holes in Genetic Privacy
By GINA KOLATA
Not so long ago, people who provided DNA in the course of research studies were told that their privacy was assured. Their DNA sequences were on publicly available Web sites, yes, but they did not include names or other obvious identifiers. These were research databases, scientists said, not like the forensic DNA banks being gathered by the F.B.I. and police departments.
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Experts were startled by what Dr. Erlich had done. “We are in what I call an awareness moment,” said Eric D. Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health.
Research subjects who share their DNA may risk a loss of not just their own privacy but also that of their children and grandchildren, who will inherit many of the same genes, said Mark B. Gerstein, a Yale professor who studies large genetic databases.
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HeLa cell press release
June 16, 2013Press Release about HELA genome, which came out before all the controversy
http://www.embl.de/aboutus/communication_outreach/media_relations/2013/130311_Heidelberg/index.html Havoc in biology’s most-used human cell line – Press Release Heidelberg, 11 March 2013
In a nutshell:
• Scientists deliver the first high-resolution sequence of HeLa cells, a key research tool for human disease and general biology
• Sequence analysis reveals the full extent to which HeLa cells are different to the Human Genome Project reference
• Resource could enhance the quality of research using HeLa cells
Be prepared for the big genome leak
June 15, 2013http://www.nature.com/news/be-prepared-for-the-big-genome-leak-1.13173
It is only a matter of time until idealism sees the release of confidential genetic data on study participants, says Steven E. Brenner.
My compilation of useful stories on PRISM, which really hurts privacy credibility of US tech companies
June 11, 2013http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/us/booz-allen-grew-rich-on-government-contracts.html Leaker’s Employer Is Paid to Maintain Government Secrets
NSA Leaker’s Fate Could Lie With Beijing
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/06/10/contractors-fate-could-lie-with-beijing/
Data-Driven Tech Industry Is Shaken by Online Privacy Fears – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/technology/data-driven-tech-industry-is-shaken-by-online-privacy-fears.html
Contractor Edward Snowden Admits to Leaks – WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495604578535653583992418.html
Peeping President Obama – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/dowd-peeping-president-obama.html
Legal basis for PRISM
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/prisms-legal-basis-how-we-got-here-and-what-we-can-do-to-get-back/276667/
U.S. Official Releases Details on Prism Program – WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324299104578533802289432458.html
Original Guardian Story
NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others • Top-secret Prism program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Apple and Facebook
• Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
Isp-fellows Legal basis for PRISM
June 10, 2013An attempt at addressing the government’s and companies’ claims that the NSA does not have “unfettered access” to user content.
QT: “Just because you have a court order does not mean that court order is constitutional:”
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/prisms-legal-basis-how-we-got-here-and-what-we-can-do-to-get-back/276667/
Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping – NYTimes.com
May 14, 2013MT @nytimes: Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping http://bit.ly/16u7fVX If Google/AOL/Yahoo likewise, would tell reporters our email access?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/business/media/bloomberg-admits-terminal-snooping.html
Privacy protections: The genome hacker : Nature News & Comment
May 13, 2013Magdalena Skipper @Magda_Skipper5m
Out last Thursday, a News Feature – Privacy protections: The genome hacker @NatureNews @erlichya
http://www.nature.com/news/privacy-protections-the-genome-hacker-1.12940
