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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I consider your personal genetic data to be a much more dangerous thing to sell, at least in the long term, compared to browser history.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Even if the corporation that holds onto the genetic data isn't selling it for profit (which I doubt), they still likely have terrible security on their servers. How many data breaches have there been over the years?

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Oh right. I forgot what 23&me was

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I think it's arguable. You can control thought with algorithms and feed addictions with browsing history. Both are still dangerous if abused.