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[+] 108 points 2 years ago (22 children)
  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Now wait until you hear what happened with 23andMe.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/23andme-user-data-targeting-ashkenazi-jews-leaked-online-rcna119324

    And I'm both amazed and quite worried that nothing has come of it yet.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Google has that list, and it's for sale. Regardless if you tell them, they know.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Google doesn't sell their private data collection. They use it to target ads so it's the most valuable thing they have (or as they would call it their "unfair advantage"), so selling it directly is out of question. There are multiple data brokers that also have very comprehensive lists that will happily sell it to anyone.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

    You're gonna lose your mind when you hear about the census office. This last census also mandated you disclose your sexual preferences and gender identity. They have a list of black and brown people, LGBTQ+ people, and trans people. 😬

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Seriously? You're going to conflate government census data with a hate list?

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Is that sarcasm or does it really need to be explained to you how a tyrannical government would use that data for hate?

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The problem is that you're putting the entirety of the government and all the departments into a singular "they". There may be a point where separation fails, but you're already treating it like Vance has unrestricted access to everything.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think you need to learn more about fascism, preferably within the next two months.

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