23andMe declared bankruptcy and the company is gonna be sold off for parts. That includes your DNA information and the only amount of control you have is to delete your info immediately. It’s very simple to do. Gift link: wapo.st/4kUsBEF - ThreadSky

erinbiba.bsky.social • 63 days ago

23andMe declared bankruptcy and the company is gonna be sold off for parts. That includes your DNA information and the only amount of control you have is to delete your info immediately. It’s very simple to do.

Gift link: https://wapo.st/4kUsBEF

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dying-robot.bsky.social•63 days ago

glad when my mom tried to force us all to do that I just put the test kit in my closet and “forgot” about it

winkybiker.bsky.social•63 days ago

Their marketing was pretty racist: “I didn’t have much time for my neighbour until I discovered we had a small and inconsequential snippet of DNA in common. Now we’re best buddies. But before that, fuck him.”

ohweebeasties.bsky.social•63 days ago

I gave mine to Ancestry a long time ago, so I am absolutely no better or smarter.

erinbiba.bsky.social•63 days ago

You do not have to reply to this and tell me about how you were prescient and never used 23andMe. You can just scroll on by quietly secure in your knowledge that you’re better than all of us who didn’t see this coming.

snrtmahtnt.bsky.social•63 days ago

Have you seen anyone look into what their removal steps do for any data they may have backed up?

erinbiba.bsky.social•63 days ago

I haven’t.

newfangl3d.bsky.social•63 days ago

It's still worth doing, but it's also probably true that nothing can actually be deleted.

snrtmahtnt.bsky.social•63 days ago

Me either which is..... worrisome. I mean, it's all well and good to delete my data but if the person who buys their electronic info gets the backup tapes (so to speak)....

erinbiba.bsky.social•63 days ago

JFC people really love to pat themselves on the back and wag their fingers about this.

erinbiba.bsky.social•63 days ago

I’m gonna have to turn off quote posts on this you are all so fucking proud of yourselves and wildly judgmental.

erinbiba.bsky.social•63 days ago

Aaaaaaand now I’m turning off replies! Get over yourselves!

candleglow.bsky.social•63 days ago

On the contrary, I’d like to know more about my genetic code and what it means for me health-wise but capitalism ruins everything. :(

erinbiba.bsky.social•63 days ago

Absolutely. Like, you can do this stuff privately in a secure fashion but it costs a fortune.

punkrockscience.bsky.social•63 days ago

That was always the most effective argument I had when I told people not to do it.

“Look, I run DNA samples like this for a living. It costs me $$$. If it costs you $, how do you think they intend to make up the difference?” And then 💡