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google has a direct pipeline to 23 And Me's data.

Best case? Endless spam for drugs and treatments for anything for which your data shows the slightest predisposition.

Worst case? should you be a perfect tissue match for any of our "betters" who needs a heart transplant...

Even worse worst case? The government has the data for their own purposes.

[null and void]

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[Gay State Conservative]

Very,very,*very* skeptical.Sounds like flushing $100 down the toilet to me.

[NormsRevenge]

I’ll see your heart and raise ya two kidneys, a liver and a pancreas,, just in case.. Ya never know..

The wonders of healthcare..

Under the control of genetically bred neanderthals masquerading as democrats.

[DBrow]

Facebook and the “free” email companies make their cash selling you- data about you. She wants to collect millions of genetic analyses, what a humanitarian!

Imagine what that data is worth to health insurance companies, life insurance companies, the supplement market, government, foreign government, political campaigns (for their opposition research), and agribiz!

I’ve got to go read their privacy policy. Wonder if it says they might change it at any time.

[Farnsworth]

I bet Obamacare won’t pay for the tests.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Pay them $99 to register your DNA with CODIS?

Talk about a totalitarian wet dream!

[oh8eleven]

Had my DNA tested six years ago via Family Tree DNA (both Y chromosome and autosomal) and have never been contacted by anyone other than other FTDNA clients.
I recently discovered a second cousin (92 y/o) who led me to the reason for the odd middle names of my grandfather and his brother.

[Cyber Liberty]

Good idea. Heavens to Betsy, I don’t have enough personal information floating around to cause me trouble, yet. Where do I sign up?

[BenLurkin]

“Big data is going to make us all healthier.”

No thanks.

[Vendome]

All of that is what I was thinking last night when one of their commercials flashed across my TV screen.

You pay someone $99 bucks for what should private info and then there no telling how many people have access to it.

The company needs an ongoing revenue stream and selling your info is the only way they can possibly grow.

[P3_Acoustic]

I was able to have a free analysis of my spit by 23&Me several years ago. Occasionally I receive updated info of my genetic vulnerabilities. Since I’m in my seventies I know pretty much what my problems are. The info I have received from 23&Me is pretty useless. They were correct in saying that I probably have wet ear wax versus dry ear wax. Other than that, the genotype info has some value in searching for ancestors. All else...forget it! My brother has had the same testing with similar results. Go ride the roller coaster!

[ErnBatavia]

Thanks for popping up a thread on this, Nully....it never even occured to me.

[wildbill]

In the Brave New World we can expect our government to require these DNA tests ‘for our own benefit’ so the bureaucrats can steer your medical treatments to anticipate any genetically known diseases and perhaps prevent them.

That sounds pretty good—but then comes the inevitable corrollary—control.

“Sorry, you can’t marry that girl because your children would be at risk of a genetically transmitted disease or condition.”

or more ominously from the Palin Panel, “Sorry, but we have to pull the plug on that treatment for you because keeping you alive will not be fair to the rest of the Omabacare risk pool. After all, you’re going to die someday anyway, so quit crying and being selfish. It’s all for the good of the whole, not one individual.”

[bert]

Moral........ don’t adopt an Ethopian child....... it is a foolish way to feel good

[FreedomPoster]

Bfl

[Smokin' Joe]

While there is a tremendous potential for the individual who is aware of genetic factors to improve their health care, there is even greater potential for abuse.

Not just the elimination of entire groups from the gene pool, not just the potential for harvesting the organs of selected individuals by force, but the entire Brave New World approach to the population as well.

Privacy should be the primary concern, failure to shield it actionable or even a criminal offense without the informed consent of the individual that it be disclosed.

[Hot Tabasco]

If eating my peas and beets might reduce my risk of a future heart attack by 10%, would I do it? Probably not, I prefer to live life on the edge......besides, DNA testing can't estimate the likelihood of getting shot by a jealous husband.

Pass the chips please.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I guarantee you they have a deal with the FBI to sell your DNA profile for inclusion in CODIS.