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Re:California AG Rob Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert fo... by AlexandrB on Saturday March 22, 2025 @10:21PM (#43450455)
I lived through the early 2000s and it was already pretty easy to see how 23andme could go wrong. Unlike data that could leak from a company like Google or Facebook, your DNA is forever associated with you and can't be changed or obfuscated. IIRC, many on HN made the same point at the time.

Elsewhere in this discussion there are people talking about how "the common man" doesn't understand the risks of privacy loss. Well it really doesn't help that when those risks materialize you also have people claiming "well no one could have seen that coming".

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Re:California AG Rob Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert fo... by roenxi on Sunday March 23, 2025 @04:17AM (#43451530)
In fairness the "common man", if they are anything, is unable to think more than about a month or two ahead on a good day. So while anyone with an unusual ability to plan long term could, did and does see problems on the horizon the common man certainly couldn't have picked it.
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