In the end, I valued knowing these bio markers above the privacy of my genome. The former is actionable and I can use it to optimize my health and longevity; the latter is of vague value and not terribly exploitable outside of edge-case threat models.
I'd be more upset if a combination of my name and email/phone number got leaked than if my DNA was made available public.
For me, phone numbers have had reduced importance over the last couple of years. Most of my communication with other people are over various messaging apps.
Using a phone _number_ to authenticate yourself against the government seems completely bizarre to me.
I understand that leakage of phone numbers become a problem if you use them for those kinds of things. But honestly, using them for authentication seems crazy from a security point of view.
On balance, was the utility worth the cost (of a breach)? Probably not, because I found no major actionable issues. But if I did find severe biomarkers, it would have been worth it. So I do still think I made the right choice.
Q: Is it a HN thing to be (obsessively?) interested in health and longevity?
Dying is a natural process. Sorry.
As a species, we're excellent at working around or ignoring what's "natural".
> Dying is a natural process. Sorry.
Avoiding dying, as best one can, is also a natural behaviour.
Source?
Natural selection is about passing on our genes which looks like: reproduce, raise your offspring ... <roll credits>