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23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hope this isn't a repeated submission. Funny how they're trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Well its also their fault for falling for 23andMe because its basically a scam. The data is originally self-selected data sets then correlating a few markers tested once, to match you to their arbitrary groups, isn't exactly how genetics work is done.

Its actually cheap as, maybe cheaper to get 50x full genome sequencing from a company that actually doesn't sell your data; where 23andMe business model was running a few marker tests to appease their audience they kept in the dark of how modern genetics works; then keep the same for full genome sequencing later because that shit only gets more valuable over time.

Its what makes genetics weird. A sample taken 10 years ago, will reveal so much more about you 5 years from now, like massively more.