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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.

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    Different levels of privacy. Electronic payments only reveal what you buy and at least serves a utility. 23andme is just for vanity and could reveal your preexisting conditions or family tree to people who would use it against you.

    • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️@7.62x54r.ruEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Each transaction isn’t that much. Beating the path toward a cashless economy is a different story.

      Do you remember the pregnant teenager outed to her parents over big data advertising?

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        All I’m saying is that the two are not equivalent and people aren’t hypocrites for doing eletronics payments, but refusing vanity dna tests.