App Used 23andMe's DNA Database To Block People From Sites Based On Race And Gender
A coder used 23andMe's open API to create a program that can discriminate against people online, based on their DNA.
The future imagined by the 1997 sci-fi film Gattaca may come to pass sooner than we think. This week, personal genetics company 23andMe discovered that a programmer had used its open API to create a screening mechanism for websites—which could effectively block people by race, sex, and ancestry.
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