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Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1413·
    11 months ago

    I told her that even if that was true, the government could still access it. She thinks I’m paranoid. And now her personal info is likely part of this leak.

    You’re paranoid and she’s probably part of the leak.

    The odds the government gives any kind of shit about your 23 and me data, much less could competently do anything with it, are vanishingly small. That’s just pure paranoia.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      103·
      11 months ago

      Not really… this info can and is being used in solving crimes. That and, if the US government ever turns into a dictatorship (hello trump!) then you won’t have to worry of being put on a list, you are already on one.

    • curious_betsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      86·
      11 months ago

      Sadly you are mistaken here, the government is very interested in your DNA data. Check out this article about how they caught the golden state killer:

      Law enforcement officials are more interested in whether their perp is closely related to other people in the database