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DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself

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DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy

www.reuters.com /business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dna-testing-firm-23andme-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-sell-itself-2025-03-24/

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Shell company owned by United States gov buys 23andMe. Now you have family history records for a ton of people. Deportations tick up and from places you won't think of.
- aaaaaand this is why I've never done 23andme. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
  
  The problematic thing with genetic data is that it isn't just about your own choice. If one person gives away their information, then that also allows to draw conclusions about their relatives.

Lemmy guess, Elmo paid them to erase his records?.. 🤔

Reminder that you can download and save your data locally then revoke your consent agreements and delete your data. Who knows if it will actually be deleted though.
(Also revoke your consent to store your sample if you allowed that)

Pretty sure that's what Aldous Huxley's the Island is based on.

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