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23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 11 months ago (27 children)

My gf wanted so bad for me to send my DNA to these clowns. I declined due to privacy reasons. She tried to convince me that they keep your info private. I told her that even if that was true, the government could still access it. She thinks I'm paranoid. And now her personal info is likely part of this leak.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I told her that even if that was true, the government could still access it. She thinks I’m paranoid. And now her personal info is likely part of this leak.

You're paranoid and she's probably part of the leak.

The odds the government gives any kind of shit about your 23 and me data, much less could competently do anything with it, are vanishingly small. That's just pure paranoia.

[–] curious_betsy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sadly you are mistaken here, the government is very interested in your DNA data. Check out this article about how they caught the golden state killer:

Law enforcement officials are more interested in whether their perp is closely related to other people in the database

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