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see, this is where I don't get it. Can you send your material anonymously (burner email, pay in cash/crypto/prepaid debit card)? Then how could they match your
by bernawil 3y ago
see, this is where I don't get it. Can you send your material anonymously (burner email, pay in cash/crypto/prepaid debit card)? Then how could they match your DNA to your identity to sell it to insurance companies, etc?
- dspillett 3y agoI'm sure that is possible. But what ratio of the public actually would think of doing that?
- anjel 3y agoAsk one of the serial killers now rotting in jail thanks to 23andme!
- bernawil 3y agoWas there ever a case of a convict getting caught by their direct DNA being found in one of these databases? I thought all cases where correlated from relatives. Government gets DNA sample, asks the databases: 'who do you know that's a genetic relative of this suspect?' and then they go and interrogate that person's every third cousin. You can't keep your family tree private, your birth certificate is out there. Opting out of 23andMe won't help you here.
- runjake 3y agoA couple. One infamous case was the Golden State Killer[1] case. Though in that case, it was GEDmatch, not 23and me -- similar service, though. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo#Investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo#Investig...
- manxman 3y agoBut that’s just it. You now get the 23 and me defence… my DNA data was hacked therefore there’s reasonable doubt the DNA linking me to the murder was synthesized from the 23 and me leak.