Something I just recently started realizing is with all of this mass testing, if they were collecting DNA, they now have a database of pretty much the world's population. Which is really scary considering they know have the potential to create viruses specific to certain genetic markers. Yes they could probably do that before, but now they have the entire world's DNA information to work from rather than small samples.
Considering the CEO of 23&Me is the (ex) wife of Sergei Brin (I think), it's a safe bet that the data was being used for all sorts of nefarious purposes.
Something I just recently started realizing is with all of this mass testing, if they were collecting DNA, they now have a database of pretty much the world's population. Which is really scary considering they know have the potential to create viruses specific to certain genetic markers. Yes they could probably do that before, but now they have the entire world's DNA information to work from rather than small samples.
They already had it. It's called 23&Me and Ancestry.com.
They are probably mapping the world’s genetics as they try to make changes or add things
Considering the CEO of 23&Me is the (ex) wife of Sergei Brin (I think), it's a safe bet that the data was being used for all sorts of nefarious purposes.
You are correct.