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DNA companies should receive the death penalty for getting hacked | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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DNA companies should receive the death penalty for getting hacked | TechCrunch::Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data breach is a stark reminder of a chilling reality -- our most intimate, personal information might

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems to me like the biggest problem was that in accessing just 14,000 accounts, they got some amount of personal information of nearly 7 million people. Less "you should have had a better lock on your front door" and more "your neighbor's cousin should have had a better lock on his front door."

[โ€“] totallynotarobot 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And a little of the old "it's really your fault for listening to us when we said you didn't need a better lock because wE tAkE cUsToMeR pRiVaCy VeRy SeRiOuSlY."