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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by suoduandao3 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:18AM (#38083612)
Gotta agree with the DNA Data not worth protecting point. My every evolved instinct tells me to spread my DNAs data as widely as possible. Even if I don't see an immediate benefit I'd be foolish to argue with that kind of track record.

There's something important there about the nature of the information economy but I can't fully get my mind around it.

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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by fritzo on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:37AM (#38084608)
Great point. Every one of us now has the opportunity to be open source.
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Re:Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Cons... by walleeee on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:29AM (#38085408)
Which wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have a massive, unaccountable complex of public and private actors building surveillance and discrimination into the structures of governance. The fact that this is all extremely baroque and often faulty doesn't make it any less likely to ruin your day for no good reason
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