Gedmatch privacy

[kiterunner]

I haven't uploaded my DNA data to GEDmatch because I don't think that it is private enough. I have read the privacy notices and I have made an account (so I could see how it works. But I didn't upload my DNA data). Supposedly people can only view your DNA data, matches etc if they know your kit number. But as I understand it, you can set as much privacy as you like, but if someone wants to trawl through all possible kit numbers (perhaps using some kind of bot) and look at the info for each one, there is no way to stop them, although apparently the email addresses can't be copied and pasted, but that doesn't mean they can't be copied some other way and stored. I have read various blogs discussing GEDmatch privacy issues and they did not convince me to use it. Their argument seemed to be that the people running GEDmatch are doing it for good reasons, so don't worry about the possibility of someone using it for bad purposes.

I did come across some posts on other sites where people have posted up kit numbers (not their own) so that others can look at DNA for various ethnicities. And I did find a post from someone whose kit number had been posted up on a site without their consent. So I am wary!

For instance, look at this:
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...-GEDmatch-kits

Also, you would have no control over who your contact passes your kit number on to.