Dare ObasanjoOct 7, 2023

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
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@carnage4life Knowledge that you have a gene for a chronic disease is only a positive in most developed countries. It helps doctors make sure to give you the treatment that you need. It is only a risk to you in a place with an insane insurance system, that is, in the US. The cure isn't to keep genetic information private (though there are other reasons for that). The cure is universal health care, where your genetic history only helps your doctor find the appropriate treatment for you but otherwise has no cost to you.
Oct 7, 2023 at 11:29pmWeb