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Blaze@infosec.pub to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 hours ago

Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data

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Blaze@infosec.pub to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 hours ago
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The consumer-genomics company 23andMe just sold its biobank of customer genetic data to drugmaker Regeneron for $256 million.
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    The problem is that people in your lineage probably have, and you’re probably indirectly caught up in that dragnet because of it.

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