The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.
  • LordCrom@lemmy.world
    283·
    2 months ago

    HA ! Sweet vindication! I’ve been preaching to friends and family not to use these DNA companies for this and other reasons. They called me a loon and I should get my tin foil hat. I cant wait to see their faces

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      Its always fun being ridiculed, mocked, and insulted by your family because you dare to point out the dangers of something obviously dangerous.

      And yet, when shit hits the fan… who do they come running to begging to fix it?

      Why, You, of course.

      because you must forever clean up the shit, but you can never prevent the shit.

      I’m not bitter or anything.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Jesus Christ. between this and the third reich ohio sherriff, we may be in for a very bad time. Dude is referring to immigrants as a plague of locusts, and calling on his violent right wing extremists to target those he sees as political opponents.

      Climate change is just going to continue accelerating the amount of migration we see from less developed countries. This type of violent extremism needs to be nipped in the bud before it destroys us.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    I’m so glad I never sent them my DNA. It was tempting from a genealogy perspective. But my concerns about privacy and them selling on customer information always weighed heavier than that temptation.

    But I feel a lot of sympathy for those who used their services. For a while they incessantly advertised them, including via paid endorsements from many ‘trusted’ podcasters and YouTubers. The company’s failure should bring to the fore a drive for new laws in many countries to protect consumers’ DNA from being monetized and exploited. But sadly we all know it won’t.

    • Podunk@lemmy.world
      17·
      2 months ago

      So the fun thing about genetics is… if you said no, but they conned enough of your family, they got a good part of your genome anyhow.

      In my case, Mom was somewhat interested about it when it came out. Dad too. And i told them no to, because, well one, sharing data bad. But also, this buisiness is a one off. There are no repeat customers and it was destined to be sold to the highest bidder.

      For once, my parents listened. But good god. This company has already been mined by police to use genetic info from relatives to convict their family members. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/magazine/dna-test-crime-identification-genome.html

      Murder convictions and serial rapists going to jail, i got no problem with, but that slippery slope exists. And from years of experience, im not inclined to give the authorities my data, even by proxy. The abuse potential is immense and history is not on the average citizens side.

      • robocall@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 months ago

        multiple family members of mine bought 23andme kits, so the company has my data as well. even though I wanted nothing to do with them.

      • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        There are no repeat customers and it was destined to be sold to the highest bidder.

        I didn’t even think of this, but very glad I didn’t submit either.

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 months ago

    23andMe has a “request data deletion” feature. I don’t know if it actually works, but it’s worth a try if you’re worried about it.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    133·
    2 months ago

    Anyone who used these DNA analysis services were idiots to begin with.

    There was no way in hell that valuable genetic data would ever stay private with no commercial or police access.

    • Smoogs@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 months ago

      Yes because people who are paranoid schizophrenia were all such a fan of it. Wonderful prognosis of how mental health works.