This morning I posted off swabs of my saliva to get my own DNA snapshot from CATGee. In around forty days I’ll get back a DNA profile snapshot, made from key locations in my DNA strand, to use however I want. I think it’s pretty amazing that, even though it may just be a bit of fun, you can now have your DNA processed as easily as buying something by mail order.
The ultimate data
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just think of when they start selling the data capture to marcom companies that target your specifc quirks. I’m both intrigued to know my own DNA sequence, and scared shitless about the possible unforseen consequences.
1981 / 09/06/2004Maybe I’m paranoid, but, if this thing catches-on and everyone starts having their DNA information attached to e-mails and Web sites — would it be possible for someone (somewhere — probably in the future) to abuse or steal this information for illegal identification purposes? We all have unique account/sorting codes at the bank as well as individual social security numbers — but it doesn’t mean we should go around attaching such information to e-mails or on a T-Shirt as the CATGee Web site suggests! It all sounds fascinating — I’m just a bit dubious about how this information should be shared.
Scott / 14/06/2004Well from what I can gather from CATGee, the id you get back is merely a snapshot of your DNA, made from key points in your DNA strand. While it is unique to you, it can’t be used to do anything dodgy with by other people/companies/evil crims.
Bren / 15/06/2004oi you!
where were you on monday night dude?
i met some nice people from magnetic north at the salford uni art and design show; they chatted to us on design studies for a while, but apparently you left early dude
lol slacker 
Brendan, thats pretty awesome, it’s amazing what companies are up to at the moment, and it certainly would make an interesting and unique gift!
Steven Grosvenor / 04/06/2004