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Stay away from 23andme if you have any privacy concerns. I've worked with providers of DNA insights and advice that don't build their revenue model on selling y
by dommer 3y ago
Stay away from 23andme if you have any privacy concerns. I've worked with providers of DNA insights and advice that don't build their revenue model on selling your data. For example DNAPal.me
- astrange 3y agoThey do not sell your data; Facebook and Google also don't sell your data. Your DNA is worthless[0] and impossible to hide. If someone did want your DNA there is nothing you could do to stop them. You leave it everywhere you go. [0] except to your children you don't know you have
- Obscurity4340 3y agoYeah, but why not support companies doing "the right thing" and nudge the trend towards companies that respect and preserve the privacy interests of their customers.
- astrange 3y agoThey do respect it. You have to sign up for research and fill out a thousand surveys before any of that data is used for… research.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoSo why's everyone making such a fuss about 23&me this week?
- astrange 3y agoJournalists are kind of bad at understanding how things actually work.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoI really wish there were more outlets like how for the legal/news junkie circuit we have things like MeidasTouch or whatever its called and the other YouTuber journalists (they deserve that umofficial title because what they do is top shelf journalism or at least investigative YouTubing.
- m463 3y agodid you forget /s They sell it to GlaxoSmithKline and others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23andMe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23andMe not to mention the recent data breach