Posted on 03/25/2025 6:54:36 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
The hard sell was the immediate red flag for me. And here we are.
That data is already public. How can anyone explain how someone submits a sample to one of these services and the DNA is used to nab a distant relative who committed a crime? It has always been a database.
The government will take control of it for safe keeping and never use it for bad purposes.
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Can't understand why would anyone do such a stupid thing.
The damage that can be done to your life by handing over such info is unlimited. Same thing for putting all your personal info on Facebook where, by terms of service, Facebook owns it.
Watched an interview with Zuckeberg back in the early days of Facebook where the interviewer asked just that question and Zuckerberg gave the snarky reply , "because they are dumb f**ks "
Which
A- Was the truth
B- Was disturbing insight into the attitude and mentality of the guy you are giving ownership of your lives info to
23and ME was the Facebook of DNA
They paid for the privilege. My brother did one several years ago and now it creates a signature for other family members. Not sure what service he used but its not just "you," you're sharing information about.
majority of participants also bought Pet Rock with all its children ...
yup.
> Can’t understand why would anyone do such a stupid thing. <
Same goes for agreeing to computer facial recognition instead of typing in a password. One company I do business with offers that now.
Crazy. I’m sticking with the password.
Using your bio metric data as a password is really stupid on many different levels, not the least of which is that it provides absolutely zero security - anyone who wants to view device just needs to put your face in front of it or force your put your finger on the screen. .
I just saw a youtube video about a new Bosch dishwasher. In order to access all the features and cycles requires connecting the DW to your wifi and setting up an “account” in the cloud.
I wonder how many people are willing to allow manufacturers access to their home networks in order to run a rinse cycle.
That data was given to LEO a long time ago.
Who knows who they gave/sold it to?
What sucks about these DNA oufits is that we (most of us) see them as a huge NoNo, yet some of our close family members take part and indirectly involve us anyway.
I’d be interested in my cat’s DNA, but wouldn’t pay much for it. Even then someone would probably find away to extract mine from the cat’s.
There is no way to delete your dna info or delete your account on 23 and me.
Ideally, you would get the only copy of the test results with the knowledge should they be lost, you would be required to pay for any future tests. Can't imagine a company allowing for this.
Maybe they can sell to that private forensic DNA lab in Texas that solves all of the cold case file using genealogical DNA?
I am not concerned with anyone finding out that I am a male of highly mixed genetic heritage (English, Scottish, Irish, lots of German, some Scandahoovian, although Ancestry.com keeps monkeying with the Scandahoovian percentages a bit).
The Swedish trace is a bit embarrassing but I can live with it. If necessary, I just tell people I’m probably descended from Gustavus Adolphus, back when Swedes were still proud of being Swedes. I used to have mixed feelings about the Irish, but I’ve grown to accept it.
If I’m lucky, they’ll eventually find a trace of Native American, African, or South Asian/Indian heritage. It doesn’t take much — a half percent would do — but I’d like argumentative talking points as ammo with woke dems. I’d like to be able to claim that I’m more Indian than Elizabeth Warren and that an Ivy League school should hire me for triple my previous high salary so it could play its ethnic quota games. Which of course is how Elizabeth Warren got to Harvard Law School.
I always figured that we are who we are, and that family heritage is something to be interested in, not ashamed of. Plenty of my ancestors were perfect savages, tattooing themselves blue, running naked into battle, and headhunting with the best of them, long after the Romans started to civilize Europe. YMMV.
I understand that people with genetic issues that would lead them to be rated for insurance purposes would have concerns with data privacy. But aside from that, I’m not afraid of anyone finding out that I’m genetically predisposed to beer steins, bagpipe music and my clan tartan.
We just remodeled our kitchen and installed all of the latest CAFE appliances. We have chosen no to connect them to our WIFI
I’d also be concerned with hacking. The company I mentioned previously offers optional fingerprint access as well as facial recognition access.
I can change my password if it gets hacked. But I can’t change my fingerprints or how I look.
Well, I guess I could change how I look. Dye my hair, grow a full beard, that sort of thing.
🙂
I’ll lose no sleep about them having my spit-data.
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