This is Google news day. There’s one more coming after this.

Google recently got in hot water for storing certain information that it shouldn’t. There are many more privacy abuse rumors floating around, including the scanning of gmail for context and abusing your privacy with the toolbar. None of them can hold a candle to this one.

ZDNet UK reports Google is planning a searchable gnome database. That’s right, people can Google your DNA.

That won them an award for bio-piracy. Here’s what Jim Thomas from the ETC Group, the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration said:

The new ‘we want to store everyone’s information online’ mission statement is going to get very controversial if they extend that to genomic information. If Google thinks online privacy is a big can of worms wait until they realise
what they’ve opened up with the whole genetic privacy debate.

Google has hired a brilliant Doctor, Doctor Larry Brillant, to work on Google.org, which is supposed to fund collaborative projects like this little gem.

This is breathtaking. Apparently Google is anxious to show that it is contributing to areas outside technology. Admirable, but don’t make those areas the indexing of my DNA.

Wow.

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