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Genetic Access Control Code Uses 23andMe DNA Data For Internet Racism

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-forget-sexism dept.

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."

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  1. Sounds PC to me by frovingslosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally a way to avoid offending certain people and gorillas.

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  2. Re:In other news many racists change their tunes.. by Suiggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree, because only White people can be racist. Racism is privilege plus power. We need to stop racists from being able to do damage by programming software. They should be restricted from accessing Github and learning how to write software. We should round up all White programmers and scrutinize their political beliefs so that we can eliminate the poison that is racism from our society. It's the only way the future will be free from racism.

  3. Does this site allow gay niggers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    No? Ok, I'll see myself out.

  4. Re:If race doesn't exist, how is this possible? by Suiggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you're telling me race exists? That sounds racist! How dare you say that, you vile bigot!

  5. Re: So What by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I'll just stick with debit and credit, thank you.

  6. Re:If race doesn't exist, how is this possible? by GrumpySteen · · Score: 4, Funny

    If humanity IS one species means humanity is a single species BUT its members CAN be further subdivided into groups by constellations of heritable traits

    Humanity can't be further subdivided. Subspecies is the only recognized taxonomic level below species and the most important trait of a subspecies is that, while they are capable of interbreeding with and producing fertile offspring, they do not interbreed in nature.

    While there are racists who fervently wish it wasn't so, we're long past the days when interracial relationships weren't common. While the racists in the world whine and cry about racial purity, the rest of the human race is happily fucking its way toward homogeneity