# HG changeset patch # User Christian Urban # Date 1460030556 -3600 # Node ID e5d97ef272f90de391f11ec7519df5a86f474685 # Parent 5921eebd9add7c72407d3dd98bfe2be729509383 updated diff -r 5921eebd9add -r e5d97ef272f9 hws/hw07.pdf Binary file hws/hw07.pdf has changed diff -r 5921eebd9add -r e5d97ef272f9 hws/hw07.tex --- a/hws/hw07.tex Wed Mar 30 15:02:21 2016 +0100 +++ b/hws/hw07.tex Thu Apr 07 13:02:36 2016 +0100 @@ -46,7 +46,20 @@ argument? (Hint: Think what would happen if the spy agencies and certain politicians get their wish.) -\end{enumerate} +\item DNA data is very sensitive and can easily violate the + privacy of (living) people. To get around this, two + scientists from Denmark proposed to create a + \emph{necrogenomic database} which would record the DNA + data of all Danish citizens and residents at the time of + their \emph{death}. By matching these to information + about illnesses and ailments in life, helpful evidence + could be gathered about the genetic origins of diseases. + The idea is that the privacy of dead people cannot be + violated. + + What is the fallacy behind this reasoning? + +\end{enumerate} \end{document} %%% Local Variables: