Write Up: Hacking Humans
Darius Burks
March 29,2025

I have mixed feelings about sharing my personal DNA with other companies. On one side, the benefits of DNA using digitization have the ability to detect and alert certain health risks such as lung cancer, breast cancer and bronchitis just to name a few. They can also prescribe specific medication that targets the health risk without causing any further dangers. But I would only trust doctors or hospitals that are known for having precise and accurate assessments of their patients and provide the best medical attention as well. The benefits can definitely outweigh the risk if we are speaking directly from the medical standpoint, especially if they can benefit you in the long run. But it can also work in favor the other way around. You are risking sending your information to companies that can release it to third party corporations. You can send out your data that holds your personal information, and you may not get the information that was promised back or it may not even be correct at all and you may not know. You could risk having your information exposed to the world just for a little bit of curiosity. With artificial intelligence becoming more advanced during this lifetime, there is no telling what can happen if cyber attackers decide to infiltrate and use AI for hostile purposes. Biological data is already having an impact on personal security such as Apple using Face-ID or when they used to have thumb-print phone unlock. I don’t know if this is real but in movies, they would scan a person’s eye to unlock secretive data or have the ability to open areas.