Re:23andMe to share customer gene data with GlaxoSmithKline ...
by jariel on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:03PM
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"I knew that $99 was not enough to pay for the processing, storage and hosting of my data."
Sure it is. Definitely the 'hosting and storage' part, which they wouldn't need to do if you weren't the product.
Though there are issues with privacy, I think we should remember that there's a lot of good that can come with this if cures are made available.
It's a really weird route that capitalism has forged on this one. It'd be nice to see public agencies get their act together on these kinds of things. Imagine if a university were able to do this - and all the data were made public to any researcher, properly anonymised.
Sure it is. Definitely the 'hosting and storage' part, which they wouldn't need to do if you weren't the product.
Though there are issues with privacy, I think we should remember that there's a lot of good that can come with this if cures are made available.
It's a really weird route that capitalism has forged on this one. It'd be nice to see public agencies get their act together on these kinds of things. Imagine if a university were able to do this - and all the data were made public to any researcher, properly anonymised.