Every single member of the board just resigned from DNA tester 23andMe \ stacker news ~tech

Every single member of the board just resigned from DNA tester 23andMe archive.is/m8mPp

1169 sats \ 12 comments \ @k00b 19 Sep tech

I regret that I once did 23andMe. It was a huge, permanent privacy mistake that I made when I was hardly an adult. Still, it's really enjoyable to see the unseen, and lacking in familial tightness, it grants insight that I wouldn't have otherwise.

I remember hearing about them SPACing, but I didn't think they were having so much trouble. Rightfully, I think consumers have become distrustful of platforms. I don't think it's because they're distrustful of people, but distrustful that companies are sovereigns. More than ever, trusting a company requires trusting the state, and more than ever, the state is outwardly untrustworthy.

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166 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 19 Sep

That’s pretty wild to see a whole board go… I have always wanted to try one of the companies but at the end of the day they seem to have huge issues. There is a project in the DeSci space that I have kept an eye on. Give my medical history getting genetically tested would be a good idea and this company specializes in doing the test and somehow putting into into a vault where only you have access.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @orangecheckemail_isthereany 19 Sep

I was a hair's width from getting mine analyzed by them but ended up not bothering or postponing it until I forgot about it. I've come around to the point of view of being happy about that. I didn't then worry about the privacy implications and other potentially undesirable possibilities that have come in view since then. I'm also reminded of this: During my teenage years I was one of these techno-optimist types fascinated and enthused about transhumanism. I still see the positive potential but there's some seriously next level totalitarian potential there also which I spent hardly any time thinking about during these years. This additional lens on the technological developments have dampened my enthusiasm for them somewhat. I no longer wholeheartedly support the stuff without reservations.

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 19 Sep

If you add spaces between your paragraphs your writing will be easier to read.

This:

I was a hair's width from getting mine analyzed by them but ended up not bothering or postponing it until I forgot about it.

I've come around to the point of view of being happy about that.

I didn't then worry about the privacy implications and other potentially undesirable possibilities that have come in view since then.

I'm also reminded of this:
During my teenage years I was one of these techno-optimist types fascinated and enthused about transhumanism.

I still see the positive potential but there's some seriously next level totalitarian potential there also which I spent hardly any time thinking about during these years.

This additional lens on the technological developments have dampened my enthusiasm for them somewhat. I no longer wholeheartedly support the stuff without reservations.

Becomes:

I was a hair's width from getting mine analyzed by them but ended up not bothering or postponing it until I forgot about it.

I've come around to the point of view of being happy about that.

I didn't then worry about the privacy implications and other potentially undesirable possibilities that have come in view since then.

I'm also reminded of this: During my teenage years I was one of these techno-optimist types fascinated and enthused about transhumanism.

I still see the positive potential but there's some seriously next level totalitarian potential there also which I spent hardly any time thinking about during these years.

This additional lens on the technological developments have dampened my enthusiasm for them somewhat. I no longer wholeheartedly support the stuff without reservations.

55 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 19 Sep

Never done any of those DNA testers. While it is interesting, I don't think it is worth a company having my DNA.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 19 Sep

More than ever, trusting a company requires trusting the state, and more than ever, the state is outwardly untrustworthy.

So true. The state is too corrupt to be trusted and so are its admirers.

But here I wanna ask did you get any benefit by the testing done. In this part of the world, we are commonly too hesitant traditionally of such tests and I don't know any company for this.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 19 Sep

Yes, their marketing is pretty accurate. They surface ancestry and genetic variants correlating them with research on disease and performance.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @earthcakes 20 Sep

Not only that. Warner Music and Sony Music CEOs too?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @mayitorose97 19 Sep

Nowadays there are few private things or trustworthy states.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 19 Sep

Yeah... Having your DNA on file, I just feel that will eventually get sold. Once they go bankrupt, everything is sold to the highest bidder. I dont think her idea of going private is a bad one. They have a lot of data, it will be crucial that they are able to protect it. Just a bit worrying about their cyber security and everything.

69 sats \ 0 replies \ @jerrybature 19 Sep

Hmm, indeed..."More than ever, trusting a company requires trusting the state, and more than ever, the state is outwardly untrustworthy."

59 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 19 Sep

So you didn't guard your DNA. Pretty fundamental thing to guard. Of course, people get fooled all the time.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 20 Sep

I never did this was always thought it would be intriguing but I didn’t know what it would do for me after getting the results. But what I found crazy is how these services solved old cold cases of rape and murder running the DNA against the database and finding out that uncle Peter was an actual criminal