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23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scraped::Records reportedly belong to millions of users who opted in to a relative-search feature.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

As someone who hasn’t personally done any of these tests but whose relatives (aunts/cousins) have, does anyone know how much of my personal information is now up for sale?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Definitely enough to identify you, probably not enough to clone you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Enough that your insurance rates will probably go up