Comment on DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy

red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Church of Latter Day Saints will probably buy it. They believe they can convert the dead.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They can’t possibly be that stupid. I’m sure they have more sinister plans for these geneology databases. My first guess would be blackmail. But I’m guessing they have a ton of other evil ideas.

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    • tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      LDS has a ton of money. They already have some kind of deal with ancestry.com and own familysearch.com.

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      • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah even before those websites existed, they were collecting all kinds of files on people. Like late 80s, early 90s. Warehouses full of paper records.

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    • skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Easy. Health insurers will pay top dollar for it

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    • nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s more a matter of crazy than stupid, I think.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    why do they need DNA for that?

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    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You ever play Assassin’s Creed?

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