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My girlfriend really want to do one of these DNA analysis package from one of 23andMe's competitors, and she cannot for the life of her understand why I don't w

• Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 2y ago
  There is a consensus that there is still a tremendous amount of information in someone's dna to be extracted. She wants to know what we can learn from her dna today but the cost is giving to probably[0] anyone everything we'll be able to learn from her dna in the future. That includes dna about her family and potential children with you. 10-15 years ago she wouldn't have predicted trump, what can't she predict about 10-15 years or more from now? [0]: data can't be erased but can be leaked.
• mrweasel 2y ago
  > How do I explain that I don't want my DNA analysed and sold Honestly you can't. I've come to realise that unless someone personally is hurt from the lose of private information, then there's no way to convince to the risks. People either comes down on the side of privacy and caution, or they completely fail to see if issue and believe that the risks are vastly overblown. Very rarely do you see anyone go from the latter to the first, unless they suffer personally.