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How critical is this data, really? What could an attacker really do with my genetic profile?

nirav72 3y ago
The genetic data could be sold to a third-party that exists outside of any regulations. 23andme allows download of raw data. So its not just genetic profile.
prepend 3y ago
Assume everyone breached now has their dna linked forever with their marketing data graph. It will be sold and resold so eventually your TikTok feed will be influenced by your genes.
- fallingknife 3y ago
  Tiktok know what videos you have watched and liked which is all the targeting data they ever need. They don't need or want your genetics. And even if they did, better Tiktok targeting isn't something that would make me worry enough to not make my password "abcdef".
  - prepend 3y ago
    Advertisers need your dna to sell products that are applicable only to certain dna. Or for higher probability (ie, Alzheimer’s genes).
bookofjoe 3y ago
1. Find relatives you didn't know you had and inform them of the fact, perhaps destroying families by revealing long-concealed/previously unknown secrets 2. Identify DNA sequences and genes associated with various diseases, then contact you AND your relatives to advise seeing a doctor and consider using drugs made by the new owners of your genetic data 3. Sell your data to insurance companies who would pay plenty for early evidence of breast cancer likelihood or Huntington's Disease so they can avoid insuring you
- fallingknife 3y ago
  Thinking that large companies are going to buy black market genetic data and deny your insurance is completely unhinged. Not only would they never do it because they would instantly get caught and sued into oblivion, the health insurance industry is actually incentivized against cutting medical costs because of the statutory maximum of 20% gross profit on premiums in the ACA.
  - bookofjoe 3y ago
    >Private equity wants to own your DNA https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackstone-private-equity-ancestry-com-dna/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackstone-private-equity-ances...
    - fallingknife 3y ago
      This is an acquisition of a company and has nothing in common with a data breach or purchasing stolen data on the black market.
      - bookofjoe 3y ago
        >Theoretically your insurance companies or employers won’t be buying this information off the black market. "Theoretically" is the operative word here. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/dna-data https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/dna-data

The genetic data could be sold to a third-party that exists outside of any regulations. 23andme allows download of raw data. So its not just genetic profile.

prepend 3y ago

Assume everyone breached now has their dna linked forever with their marketing data graph. It will be sold and resold so eventually your TikTok feed will be influenced by your genes.

fallingknife 3y ago
Tiktok know what videos you have watched and liked which is all the targeting data they ever need. They don't need or want your genetics. And even if they did, better Tiktok targeting isn't something that would make me worry enough to not make my password "abcdef".
- prepend 3y ago
  Advertisers need your dna to sell products that are applicable only to certain dna. Or for higher probability (ie, Alzheimer’s genes).

bookofjoe 3y ago

1. Find relatives you didn't know you had and inform them of the fact, perhaps destroying families by revealing long-concealed/previously unknown secrets 2. Identify DNA sequences and genes associated with various diseases, then contact you AND your relatives to advise seeing a doctor and consider using drugs made by the new owners of your genetic data 3. Sell your data to insurance companies who would pay plenty for early evidence of breast cancer likelihood or Huntington's Disease so they can avoid insuring you

fallingknife 3y ago
Thinking that large companies are going to buy black market genetic data and deny your insurance is completely unhinged. Not only would they never do it because they would instantly get caught and sued into oblivion, the health insurance industry is actually incentivized against cutting medical costs because of the statutory maximum of 20% gross profit on premiums in the ACA.
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  >Private equity wants to own your DNA https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackstone-private-equity-ancestry-com-dna/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackstone-private-equity-ances...
  - fallingknife 3y ago
    This is an acquisition of a company and has nothing in common with a data breach or purchasing stolen data on the black market.
    - bookofjoe 3y ago
      >Theoretically your insurance companies or employers won’t be buying this information off the black market. "Theoretically" is the operative word here. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/dna-data https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/dna-data