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I’ll jump on the bandwagon… if you have used 23 and Me… go delete your data before it is sold.
Also, non-medical genetic testing is always a bad idea, for this specific reason. Eventually that company will fail or sell out. Then your firmware config is available to the highest bidder.
the number of ways DNA can be misused (as ID, insurance screening for diseases, eugenics/fascists) seem to far outweigh most of the benefits sharing your DNA with a commercial company would get you... not the risk/reward ratio i would favor.
@paul_ipv6 @thegibson People laughed at me when I cringed at everyone doing 23 and me when it was popular and I yelled that it was insane to trust a corporation to handle that data intelligently. It’s amazing how many of those same people didn’t believe me then but actually believe the State of California now. (But also weak sauce, California. Should have mandated data shredding in the bankruptcy.)
@paul_ipv6 @thegibson Also I still don’t know how you trust a tech company named “23 and me” when 23 is *technically incorrect*. Some humans have fewer than 23 chromosomes, many have more.
(It also really doesn’t help that 23 is one of the genetic numbers associated with nazi eugenicists. At the time I didn’t make anything of that, but in today’s tech culture, extra oof.)
@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange@TheGibson I've been warning people against this since at least 2008 for so many reasons. It's *crazy* to give such personal inforrmation, future uses of which you can't predict, to a private company! Anyone who needs a test for an actual medical reason can get it done at a certified medical lab.
As soon as these "genetic tests for fun" companies appeared on the scene there were a lot of people warning about this scenario, but for whatever reason the naysayers were seen as paranoid.
Why is society so in denial about people sincerely trying to warn us about realistic dangers?
@TheGibson and like, for what? So you can know your great granddad worked a sausage factory, got scoliosis from bending too much and died of tuberculosis?
I mean not that it isn't neat but like, the price/reward ratio is very askew here.