“Hacking Humans: Protecting Our DNA From Cybercriminals” talks about cyberbiosecurity and it’s in reference to the rise in direct-to-consumer DNA kits. Essentially with these DNA kits, consumers are giving companies their DNA and the DNA is being stored and digitized in databases around the world. Hackers then would be able to hack and gain invaluable information from these databases. The use of DNA is endless and can become a cause for concern. I’ve always been curious about my genetic makeup and have pondered utilizing services like 23&Me but was always hesitant with giving my DNA to a company. The thing about DNA and genetics is it’s a very unique identifier that makes everyone on this planet different. After reading the article, I could definitely see the benefits and perks of the digitization of DNA, but the risk outweighs the benefits. Naturally, science and technology will progress, and it seems like the digitization of our DNA is the next step to potentially improve the quality of our lives, but in my opinion this is just playing god. There’s a movie I remember watching in High School called Gattaca, which essentially was a movie about how gene modification was perfected, and everyone was born with no disabilities or issues. It all sounds perfect, but discrimination and societal issues would ultimately lead to humankind’s downfall. Although I do believe that digitizing DNA would bring about a lot of great improvements to our lives, I believe certain things should be left alone and shouldn’t be altered or messed with. This is essentially a moral vs immoral debate, and I would say it is morally wrong to mess with DNA. I believe that our imperfections make us human’s and there are better ways to improve our way of life. 

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