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Re:DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself by masfuerte on Monday March 24, 2025 @10:41AM (#43461653)
It's completely different. Sure, someone can specifically target me and get my DNA, but they can't trawl for me in an existing database.
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Re:DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself by johnnyanmac on Monday March 24, 2025 @10:48AM (#43461747)
>but they can't trawl for me in an existing database.

Sure they can. The government obviously can. Otherwise they just buy data from the decade of tracking data left behind. That's the relatively easier part in comparison to targeted DNA gathering.

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Re:DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself by masfuerte on Monday March 24, 2025 @12:34PM (#43462879)
They can't trawl my DNA in an existing database, because I'm not in it and, AFAIK, neither are my relatives.
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