Gregory's ServerThe 23andMe hack is a nightmare. 23andMe is a nightmare. Genetic databases are a nightmare. Don't do this to yourself and don't do it to your family members:
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@jasonkoebler employers cannot demand biodata be kept anymore. I'm not into attempting trust-falling with you, corporate king.  The VC-funded Silicon Valley approach to DNA analysis is for sure a nightmare, but medically, I think DNA analysis may wind up being a huge advance forward in healthcare, especially preventive healthcare. Knowing what you got, what you're statistically more likely to get, or react to, will likely change how medicine is done. I'm already seeing it in fact. But security and privacy remain gigantic weaknesses because companies are dumb, greedy, and their priorities are misaligned. |
I say this *fully knowing* that 23andMe has relatively good privacy practices. My point is that we have absolutely no idea what the company will look like in 2 years, in 5 years, in 50 years. We have no way of knowing. This is the arc of GEDMatch over the course of 13 yrs: