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But how does the hacker get the DNA data? A feature to find relatives is one thing, exposing all those relative's DNA to the current user is another thing entir

by ysavir 3y ago

But how does the hacker get the DNA data? A feature to find relatives is one thing, exposing all those relative's DNA to the current user is another thing entirely. All the math would be done on the backend, not exposed to the end user, no? Or is the implication here that by getting DNA on the 14k compromised users, the attackers can draw meaningful conclusions on the DNA of those in their network?

crazygringo 3y ago
> But how does the hacker get the DNA data? A feature to find relatives is one thing, exposing all those relative's DNA to the current user is another thing entirely. They didn't, unless I'm misunderstanding. They just got some names and a number indicating the degree of genetic similarity or something like that, right?