sparky613

Of course #23andme got hacked and the DNA profiles of 7 million users was stolen. This was obviously a bad idea from the beginning, made worse when it became clear these companies are cooperating with law enforcement, and now this. The most infuriating part is that if your bio-family members participate, you're basically now identifiable by association.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/4/23988050/23andme-hackers-accessed-user-data-confirmed

23andMe admits hackers accessed 6.9 million users’ DNA Relatives data

23andMe confirms hackers stole DNA Relatives data for 6.9 million users after using a credential stuffing attack to access several thousand accounts directly.

The Verge
Dec 6, 2023 at 1:43pmWeb
Show threadHarry TuttleDec 6, 2023
@sparky613 if I really wanted to know how many criminals are in my family tree I could call my uncle and ask him, you have to be crazy to throw your DNA into a database voluntarily!!!!
Show threadsparky613Dec 6, 2023
@howievermont haha 100%. Your comment reminds me of the lyrics to Pride by No Use For a Name.
Show threadHarry TuttleDec 6, 2023
@sparky613 hahahahaha
https://youtu.be/rxvnFh6l_H0?si=GJsvMOtZ8n4vT1dh
pride - no use for a name (with lyrics)

YouTube
Show threadsparky613Dec 6, 2023
@howievermont I can remember singing this in the shower when I was a teen! Ancestry is a nuanced discussion imo but for a white settler Canadian like myself, not so much.
Show threadHarry TuttleDec 6, 2023
@sparky613 looking backwards will put a crick in your neck!
Show threadHannu Ikonen, MDDec 6, 2023

@sparky613 Yeah I was tempted to write off my older sister for giving up her and thus by association my DNA, particularly after having read American Prometheus & how if one is politically left inclined, both the state and moneyed oligarchs will do everything in their power to ruin you.

As it happens she refuses to mask so the writing off was inevitable.