23andMe files for bankruptcy to sell itself

Post by comrade1234 » Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 4:40 AM UTC

Scoundreller wrote: post #19

avs733 wrote: post #13

The immediate reaction here is customer data but I think it’s worth a reminder that this data has significant implications for non customers as well. I nearly cut contact with my mother over he wanting to use 23andme for genealogy purposes. The threat was ugly but as far as I know got her to not do it. There are a lot of people who have now made major choices for others personal data who had little meaningful informe…

if enough of your relatives did, you're already toast source: I'm already toast

Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 4:42 AM UTC

Larrikin wrote: post #14

kibibu wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly it's always seemed completely insane to me that people signed up for these services. Possible Pros: You find out you are 20% Norwegian! Fun! Possible Cons: Grandma is going to prison for an unsolved crime. Assume a non-threatening position and comply with all orders of the new Department of Racial Purity. Also, that's not your real Dad.

I should have access to the data about me, it shouldn't be for sale ever. It's gross that we have access to this technology but only if we give away all our rights to a company even for a paid service. The murder one is a little more nuanced but ideally it should be a legal matter where it can only be used with a warrant or your explicit single time consent and not buried in a TOS. If you don't want to help the polic…

Post by sollewitt » Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 4:43 AM UTC

theogravity wrote: post #10

Just deleted my data. Who knows who will own it after this?

Post by inetknght » Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 4:48 AM UTC

LarsDu88 wrote: post #8

Damn, on Friday, the California DoJ Attorney General issued a warning to consumers about their data: https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bont... This should've been a giveaway that the company was imminently going to go under.

Post by jart » Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 4:50 AM UTC

kibibu wrote: post #9

JoshTriplett wrote: post #6

This is unfortunate news for anyone whose data is now one of the assets to be sold to the highest bidder.

Honestly it's always seemed completely insane to me that people signed up for these services. Possible Pros: You find out you are 20% Norwegian! Fun! Possible Cons: Grandma is going to prison for an unsolved crime. Assume a non-threatening position and comply with all orders of the new Department of Racial Purity. Also, that's not your real Dad.