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Re:23andMe Pulls Off Massive Crowdsourced Depression Study by naasking on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @09:10AM (#12209642)
> The worst part is, I'm not sure which is a more rational desire. Is my my privacy concern undue paranoia?

Probably. Getting a DNA sample from you would be trivial if someone really wanted it. You throw off genetic material all the time.

At worst, having it already archived on a service lowers the barrier slightly.

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Re:23andMe Pulls Off Massive Crowdsourced Depression Study by mattmanser on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @09:52AM (#12209901)
You're looking at it the wrong way round.

You're not protecting yourself against being specifically targeted, you're protecting yourself against getting erroneously caught in a dragnet.

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