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Re:23andMe Genetic Testing Kit Free with a Year Long Members... by exit on Monday April 11, 2011 @03:20AM (#2431764)
if the issue is knowing whether you knew about a disease, i don't think there's any way to anonymize oneself.

the insurance company could simply acquire a dna sample from you and check whether there is a match in the database?

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Re:23andMe Genetic Testing Kit Free with a Year Long Members... by Retric on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:07AM (#2432413)
In theory it could have been someone else who sent in your sample.
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