DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
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Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#2This sort of thing was only a matter of time. The clock is also ticking on 23andMe going bankrupt and selling their assets (your PII) to stay afloat.
https://hoodline.com/2024/11/23andme-in-turmoil-stock-plunge...
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#3If is a Russian company is no mystery what happened. Sanctions hit the company, closing it.
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#4Saw this coming years ago. 23andme is next.
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#5This sort of thing was only a matter of time. The clock is also ticking on 23andMe going bankrupt and selling their assets (your PII) to stay afloat. https://hoodline.com/2024/11/23andme-in-turmoil-stock-plunge...
> This sort of thing was only a matter of time.
In the current single vendor model. An intermediary could accept the samples, blind identities, then provide a "one time" mechanism for retrieving results.
Bill Burr's take was pretty good. "What.. I'm going to spit in a tube and mail it into the internet?"
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#6For reference, the company is Atlas Biomed. I remember seeing their product show up all the time on Amazon (they have a box design that looks kind of like a multicolored QR code).
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#7Saw this coming years ago. 23andme is next.
tfw all your immediate relatives did the test even after you explicitly told them not to
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#8Original source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo
Submitted with no discussion (11 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42096208
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#9Saw this coming years ago. 23andme is next.
... and from what I can tell, most people just wanted to know their nationality.
Re: DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers' genetic data
#10Original source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo Submitted with no discussion (11 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42096208
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