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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by manishsharan on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:29PM (#38533998)
>Sounds like an absolute treasure trove for a life insurance company. Or, would you disagree?

Disagree. Life insurance companies already requir blood tests and urine tests before insuring a consumer. They already have this data

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Re:23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users by anonymouskimmer on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:55PM (#38536113)
The test labs wouldn't spend the additional funds to run a genome sequencing, or even a SNP array.
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