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23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sucks as a whole. Imagine having everyone's DNA. You can develop things that hurt a specific set of people only. It may or may not affect you directly, but it affects our communities. You're right as an individual. No one really cares about your hair or spit and if they did, it's very easy to get a hair sample in most cases without you even knowing it. As technology gets better there will be (maybe already are ways) to get your DNA that are less intrusive or need less material. AI trained on DNA and physical attribute could probably narrow it down A LOT using video alone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They don't have anything DNA. They have generic relationships and percentages

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