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

submitted 1 year 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] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sell to insurance companies. Genetic predisposition towards certain illnesses? That's a premium.

And the insidious thing is, it's not even just you. Any relative that does a test, boom, they know.

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

Sell to insurance companies. Genetic predisposition towards certain illnesses? That’s a premium.

If that's something that those companies were interested in doing, why wouldn't they just require people applying for coverage to submit a DNA sample? That would be way easier, more reliable, and less shady compared to trying to piece together profiles based on data being sold on the black market.