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23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Hope this isn't a repeated submission. Funny how they're trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

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[–] ScaNtuRd 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Explain what someone’s realistically going to do with your DNA data.

You are obviously oblivious to how mass-surveillance works, and how much it can destroy our freedoms. Services like 23AndMe keep a database over all the DNA they have received. This database is often shared with governments, and can be used to create relationship maps - who is what to whom. This information can be and is being weaponized against us on a daily basis.

[–] RazorsLedge 2 points 1 year ago

In what ways is it actively being weaponized? Examples, sources?