Comment on DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy

• jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Easy. Health insurers will pay top dollar for it

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  • nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  why do they need DNA for that?

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  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You ever play Assassin’s Creed?

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• clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t know why tho, since they believe only 144k people will be saved

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