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23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scraped
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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As someone who hasn’t personally done any of these tests but whose relatives (aunts/cousins) have, does anyone know how much of my personal information is now up for sale?
Definitely enough to identify you, probably not enough to clone you
Enough that your insurance rates will probably go up