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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.

When the company first announced it was considering a sale, we highlighted many of the potential issues, including selling that data to companies with poor security practices or direct links to law enforcement. With this bankruptcy, the concerns we expressed last year remain the same. It is unclear what will happen with your genetic data if 23andMe finds a buyer, and that uncertainty is a clear indication that you should consider deleting your data. California attorney general Rob Bonta agrees."

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-

Electronic Frontier Foundation · How to Delete Your 23andMe DataThis week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it. When the company first...
#23AndMe#DNA#Privacy
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Dave J

I didn’t sign up to #23andMe, but I did to one of their competitors.

They didn’t advise any predispositions to illness—certainly none that I already knew to be common in my family—but it did remarkably pick up traits such as that I’m a morning person who dislikes pets, or foods containing coriander (cilantro) or chilli.

None of which are REMOTELY fucking true.

I can only imagine the legal hell that awaits insurers who rely on that service’s statistical models.

#DNA fediscience.org/@helenczerski/

FediScience.orgHelen Czerski (@helenczerski@fediscience.org)Great stuff here from Adam Rutherford on the science (or not) of what 23andMe was actually doing & why. The real question is about the vast amount of genetic data they collected. It will get sold to someone - but who, and what will *they* use it for? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/27/geneticist-mourn-23andme-useless-health-information
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PrivacyDigest

How to Delete Your #23andMe Data

This week, the #genetic testing company 23andMe filed for #bankruptcy , which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.
#privacy #dna

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-

Electronic Frontier Foundation · How to Delete Your 23andMe DataThis week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it. When the company first...
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Adventures in the #genetic time machine
Ancient #DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past.
Could it also help rescue the future?
Thanks to a few well-funded labs like the one in Copenhagen, the #gene time machine has never been so busy. There are genetic maps of saber-toothed cats, cave bears, and thousands of ancient humans, including Vikings, Polynesian navigators, and numerous Neanderthals.
technologyreview.com/2025/02/1

MIT Technology Review · Adventures in the genetic time machineBy Antonio Regalado
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sgt1372

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#DNA
#GeneticTesting

This has been recommended frequently recently but . . .

The people who are recommending that others delete their data from #23andMe keep neglecting to also recommend that people download & SAVE their raw DNA data file first, so that they don't have to pay for another DNA test & so that they can upload the file elsewhere.

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