Should we be worried about Obama’s DNA getting hacked? (Video)

An article in The Atlantic suggests hacking the President’s DNA is actually a viable assassination threat. It sounds like something from a movie, but don’t laugh.

  Hosted by: Jacob Soboroff

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  • Cara Santa Maria (Los Angeles, CA) HuffPost Senior Science Correspondant@carasantamaria
  • David Brin (San Diego, CA) Futurist and Author of “The Transparent Society”@DavidBrin1
  • Jamais Cascio (Palo Alto, CA) Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future@cascio
  • George M Church (Boston, MA) Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. @geochurch

View the original article here: Hacking Obama’s DNA

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