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Is there a service HNers could recommend for the privacy conscious?
I'm not sure. Supposedly 23andMe will delete your data completely upon your request. So you could sign up, print your reports, then request deletion.
I'm not sure. Supposedly 23andMe will delete your data completely upon your request. So you could sign up, print your reports, then request deletion.
Would they have shared your non-anonimized data with anyone by the time you request a delete? Perhaps through some unspecified 3rd party whose privacy policy you don't know?
No, stay away. Even if a company is trustworthy today, it doesn't mean that it won't update its Terms of Service tomorrow/be bought.
The only thing linking it to my existing identity is the actual DNA data itself, which is probably insufficient for insurance companies or data brokers to relate it to my existing records for discrimination purposes.
My approach was to buy a temporary domain with a cash prepaid gift card, register it with a fake name from a VPN, set up email (also via VPN), do the DNA thing (via VPN) with a fake name and an email address at the new domain, download my data (VPN), then delete the account. The only thing linking it to my existing identity is the actual DNA data itself, which is probably insufficient for insurance companies or data…
My approach was to buy a temporary domain with a cash prepaid gift card, register it with a fake name from a VPN, set up email (also via VPN), do the DNA thing (via VPN) with a fake name and an email address at the new domain, download my data (VPN), then delete the account. The only thing linking it to my existing identity is the actual DNA data itself, which is probably insufficient for insurance companies or data…
But if other members of your family submit their DNA with their real identities, then possibly you can then be identified like how they caught the Golden State Killer.
My approach was to buy a temporary domain with a cash prepaid gift card, register it with a fake name from a VPN, set up email (also via VPN), do the DNA thing (via VPN) with a fake name and an email address at the new domain, download my data (VPN), then delete the account. The only thing linking it to my existing identity is the actual DNA data itself, which is probably insufficient for insurance companies or data…
But if other members of your family submit their DNA with their real identities, then possibly you can then be identified like how they caught the Golden State Killer.
Anonymous is definitely Debby's dad, and Bills cousin. Other datasets indicate that Debby's dad and Bills cousin's name is John Johnson. Therefore, Anonymous is John Johnson.