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.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Not really… this info can and is being used in solving crimes. That and, if the US government ever turns into a dictatorship (hello trump!) then you won’t have to worry of being put on a list, you are already on one.

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      1 year ago

      I’m on several. Social security, the draft, etc.

      Point is the search methodology required has so far been worth it to catch one person. That person was a serial rapist and murderer. Hardly compelling.

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        1 year ago

        Lists you are on contain information that can be modified, updated. I lived at A? I move to B. You can’t change your DNA and if that would be abused, that would be much,uch worse than social security info