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July 22, 2015 08:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CNCNZGBGR-4/genetic-access-control-code-uses-23andme-dna-data-for-internet-racism
Genetic Access Control Code Uses 23andMe DNA Data For Internet Racism
rjmarvin writes: A GitHub project is using the 23andMe API for genetic decoding to act as a way to bar users from entering websites based on their genetic data — race and ancestry. "Stumbling around GitHub, I came across this bit of code: Genetic Access Control. Now, budding young racist coders can check out your 23andMe page before they allow you into their website! Seriously, this code uses the 23andMe API to pull genetic info, then runs access control on the user based on the results. Just why you decide not to let someone into your site is up to you, but it can be based on any aspect of the 23andMe API. This is literally the code to automate racism."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CNCNZGBGR-4/genetic-access-control-code-uses-23andme-dna-data-for-internet-racism
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