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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.

  • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Insurance companies would love your DNA too, for all the “good” reasons. And imagine not getting a job because of your DNA.

    Zipcodes can do just so much…

    • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️@7.62x54r.ruEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I can easily imagine hiring managers tossing out job applications of people who have a family history of autism, but that’s more a problem of it being too hard to fire them if they’re a problem.

      Religious people could also use a history of mental illiness to assume satanic activity.