Future generations are going to look at this generation’s laxity with genetic data and privacy in the sane way we look back at smoking, Jim Crow laws and fossil fuels.

You can’t change your genetic data like you can a password and once it gets out it not only affects you both your relatives and your offspring.

You carry a gene for a chronic disease that’s inherited? Now insurance companies know that about you, your kids and grandkids.

Unbelievable privacy self own.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/private-23andme-user-data-is-up-for-sale-after-online-scraping-spree/

23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scraped

Records reportedly belong to millions of users who opted in to a relative-search feature.

Ars Technica
@carnage4life this is why I will never use one of these DNA services

@nathans @carnage4life

The sad thing about this, is that you don't need to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

If enough of your relatives do, you're in.

That's how they caught this dude.

Short version: a cop that is also a serial killer, can make sure that his DNA never enters the federal DNA database, so he can keep criming. But he can't stop his grandkids and cousins from entering private industry DNA databases, and he can't stop private industry from selling access to the Feds.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo

Joseph James DeAngelo - Wikipedia

@mekkaokereke @carnage4life yeah you're right. I'm probably already screwed because my sister did one of these

@nathans @carnage4life

Double fun:

There might be a gene sequence that only appears in nature in exactly one individual: you!

Your sister might have a similar sequence. Your parents might have a similar sequence. But this specific sequence only appears in you.

Your mom and dad night have partial immunity from a condition. Your sister might have almost full immunity. You are the only human on earth with full immunity.

The DNA bank can get a gene patent on your sequence. 🤡

Thanks sis!

@nathans @mekkaokereke @carnage4life At least none of my family members have done this and nobody will. We all have a healthy distrust of these services.