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I don’t get it – why should I care that they have my DNA info?

duiker101 2y ago
"We have identified that you are at an increased risk of cancer. To ensure we give you the best care your insurance premium has now gone up 20x, you are welcome."
- unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
  The scenario is not occurring, and anyway... if you had information about an increased risk, you can use that information to mitigate the risk and avoid the harm. Even if you think insurance and doctors are good for you, efficient and help you feel better... they are much more effective if you as the patient have a pretty good idea of what might be going wrong.
- polski-g 2y ago
  This has been illegal in America for almost two decades.
noname120 2y ago
If a company offered to pay you $119 for sending them sample cells from your body so that they can sequence your DNA and do whatever they want with it. Would you take up on the offer? I would not.
- brookst 2y ago
  I am also fortunate enough to just not care about $120. That’s not true of everyone though.
  - Yeul 2y ago
    Do homeless people in America still sell their blood?
    - washadjeffmad 2y ago
      We have employees who sell their plasma because they've been losing money every year and are afraid to also lose their jobs. Wages are stagnant for the working class.
- kadushka 2y ago
  I paid them a lot more than $119 to have my DNA sample.
quickslowdown 2y ago
You'll get it when your insurance company bought your profile and automatically added a ton of pre existing conditions to the list of things they won't cover for you. Or when the government decides to start rounding people up based on ancestry or health conditions. It'll be way too late by then, but at least you'll get it.
- throw310822 2y ago
  It's funny because people are genuinely upset at others who do send their dna around; but assume that their own government might allow such a misuse of personal identifiable information. If your government allows that, the problem is the government, not the people who sent their dna to 23andme. > Or when the government decides to start rounding people up based on ancestry And you think that not having sent your dna to 23andme would be a good protection from that? Like, since you are among the smart ones who didn't send the dna, you can keep quietly minding your business while the government "rounds up" people on a racial basis?
  - neuralRiot 2y ago
    >since you are among the smart ones who didn't send the dna, you can keep quietly minding your business while the government "rounds up" people on a racial basis? Sure it feels better not being a collaborator of your own demise though.
    - throw310822 2y ago
      I think that if your government started acting nazi, you should become a collaborator of your own demise by joining an armed resistance. Or emigrate. Seriously, this attitude sounds like keeping the knives under lock at your home in case your wife decides to murder you. If you think it's a possibility, then I guess this poses harder questions than where to keep the knives.
  - emilamlom 2y ago
    It's much easier to convince a family member not to share DNA with a data broker than it is to stop government corruption. Is it ideal, no, but it's realistic.
rchaud 2y ago
I'd imagine you'd care at least a little bit considering you're paying them for the privilege.
cluckindan 2y ago
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- dragonwriter 2y ago
  > You will understand once DOGE starts ethnic cleansing The administration's ethnic cleansing policy is already being executed, DOGE so far hasn't been particularly central to that aspect of the Administration's abuses.

"We have identified that you are at an increased risk of cancer. To ensure we give you the best care your insurance premium has now gone up 20x, you are welcome."

unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
The scenario is not occurring, and anyway... if you had information about an increased risk, you can use that information to mitigate the risk and avoid the harm. Even if you think insurance and doctors are good for you, efficient and help you feel better... they are much more effective if you as the patient have a pretty good idea of what might be going wrong.
polski-g 2y ago
This has been illegal in America for almost two decades.

noname120 2y ago

If a company offered to pay you $119 for sending them sample cells from your body so that they can sequence your DNA and do whatever they want with it. Would you take up on the offer? I would not.

brookst 2y ago
I am also fortunate enough to just not care about $120. That’s not true of everyone though.
- Yeul 2y ago
  Do homeless people in America still sell their blood?
  - washadjeffmad 2y ago
    We have employees who sell their plasma because they've been losing money every year and are afraid to also lose their jobs. Wages are stagnant for the working class.
kadushka 2y ago
I paid them a lot more than $119 to have my DNA sample.

quickslowdown 2y ago

You'll get it when your insurance company bought your profile and automatically added a ton of pre existing conditions to the list of things they won't cover for you. Or when the government decides to start rounding people up based on ancestry or health conditions. It'll be way too late by then, but at least you'll get it.

throw310822 2y ago
It's funny because people are genuinely upset at others who do send their dna around; but assume that their own government might allow such a misuse of personal identifiable information. If your government allows that, the problem is the government, not the people who sent their dna to 23andme. > Or when the government decides to start rounding people up based on ancestry And you think that not having sent your dna to 23andme would be a good protection from that? Like, since you are among the smart ones who didn't send the dna, you can keep quietly minding your business while the government "rounds up" people on a racial basis?
- neuralRiot 2y ago
  >since you are among the smart ones who didn't send the dna, you can keep quietly minding your business while the government "rounds up" people on a racial basis? Sure it feels better not being a collaborator of your own demise though.
  - throw310822 2y ago
    I think that if your government started acting nazi, you should become a collaborator of your own demise by joining an armed resistance. Or emigrate. Seriously, this attitude sounds like keeping the knives under lock at your home in case your wife decides to murder you. If you think it's a possibility, then I guess this poses harder questions than where to keep the knives.
- emilamlom 2y ago
  It's much easier to convince a family member not to share DNA with a data broker than it is to stop government corruption. Is it ideal, no, but it's realistic.

rchaud 2y ago

I'd imagine you'd care at least a little bit considering you're paying them for the privilege.

cluckindan 2y ago

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dragonwriter 2y ago
> You will understand once DOGE starts ethnic cleansing The administration's ethnic cleansing policy is already being executed, DOGE so far hasn't been particularly central to that aspect of the Administration's abuses.