Millions of people’s DNA up for sale as 23andMe goes bankrupt
Millions of people’s DNA up for sale as 23andMe goes bankrupt
Customers urged to consider deleting their data after genetic testing company collapses
Summary
Genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, putting the DNA data of millions of users at risk of being sold.
Privacy advocates have urged consumers to delete their data amid fears it could be sold to data brokers or used for targeted advertising.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta advised customers to consider deleting their profiles after the company’s share price crash heightened concerns.
CEO Anne Wojcicki reportedly rejected three takeover bids before the bankruptcy filing, raising questions about the company’s future and data protection.
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Pretty sure they already shared all that data with the feds. They can cross reference and calculate the DNA of almost every person in the US that has a family there. I guess it would be worse if a private company could do that too, but with Trump im not sure if thats even true anymore.
The Nazis would have given everything for this tech.
Veritasiums vid on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT18KJouHWg
And a quote from the top comment
"My biggest concern is health insurance. If you have someone's DNA profile, and that gets into the wrong hands, or laws enacted, resulting in health insurance companies having access to knowing that this person has a proclivity to Parkinson's, then rates could skyrocket. This is a massive privacy issue."
Luckily we have GINA which, like most other things that would give people rights, won't be enforced.
Ah man, imagine the world if governments and companies actually respected basic human rights.
I always think that my depression comes from having watched too much Star Trek as a kid. I expected better for us by now.
You should have paid attention to the timeline. In the Star Trek timeline we should expect world war 3 to start next year and go for thirty years. The first warp flight and first contact is after that, and it's only after that that the "better for us" even starts happening.
Did you mean: Gattaca?
I remember that video when it was new, and how very uncritical veritasium was
Disappointing
Yeah the dude is pretty boring in that sense. Definition of a wet rag when it comes to taking a political stance.