23andMe has our income and employment data. In a hundred years productive genomes will be sold off to government contracted cloning operations
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Replying to @NishikiPrestige
they dont sequence full genomes they just do snp genotyping
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Replying to @hyperstitional
Thanks, I don't understand the difference. However they do keep the sample vials if you don't opt out
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Replying to @NishikiPrestige
its like fingerprinting or partial sampling, they cant reconstruct the whole thing from it. but yeah im not a fan of their data policies
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wait do you mean like the actual physical samples? i hadnt read anything about that, just that they keep the data forever
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Old article, but I they still keep them. More sales later to retest, maybe? https://venturebeat.com/2013/09/20/how-to-use-23andme-without-giving-up-your-genetic-privacy/ …pic.twitter.com/NjOuchlebT
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*I think they still
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