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RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I knew better than to give thee companies my DNA but of course I’ve had family give it to them. I suppose if I was wanted for an unsolved murder I’d be a bit concerned, but I’m still not happy that anyone’s DNA is compromised that I’m associated with.
The question to me is what’s the play with that data. I’d assume they would have a use for it if they went to the trouble of stealing it. I suspect in the future this will be lucrative data, but what’s the play right now??
EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 8 months ago
For the grand majority of folks, Name, relationship label, self-reported location (city or zip), and birth year.
The ones with DNA compromises would be the ones whose accounts were directly accessed.