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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by partitioned on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @08:59AM (#38530752)
Or a rival country could create a virus that targets 80% of their enemies population and only 20% of their own
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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by pc86 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:43AM (#38531403)
This is tin-foil hat nonsense.
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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by _jas on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @10:03AM (#38531718)
It is becoming far easier than you are aware then. Sam Harris and Rob Reid discussed in length a few years ago.

https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/spe...

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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by mrguyorama on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @03:31PM (#38536523)
>Rob Reid is a podcaster, author, and tech investor, and was a long-time tech entrepreneur

Ah yeah, exactly who you should go to for bio-engineering advice

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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by jstarfish on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @11:27AM (#38533000)
Unless you speak Kikongo.
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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by anonymouskimmer on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:50PM (#38536033)
Until that virus mutates its receptor binding protein.
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