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submitted 7 months ago by Charger8232@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I'm concerned about the privacy implications of DNA testing services like 23andMe or AncestryDNA. What are the potential risks of sharing our genetic data with those companies, and are there any privacy-focused alternatives available?

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[-] exanime@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago

Insurance companies already extrapolate such data from zip code.... So it's not speculation at all that they'd want an even more accurate metric

Basically in today's world, you'd have less than 1% of actors that would take this data and do something productive or beneficial for you or society as a whole... The other 99% will just use this data to make money on the back of others

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