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jimbo@lemmy.world 10 months agoThe biggest worry is that the data might be right and might be used by an insurance provider to deny a person’s coverage
Ok, but if that’s something insurance companies want to do, they’re not going to be stopped because you didn’t send a DNA sample to 23andMe, nor are they going to have to go scrape up questionable data off the black market. They’ll simply offer people some discount for sending in a DNA sample or even make it a requirement for coverage.