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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

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[-] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 year ago

Who knew giving away YOUR FUCKING DNA to some company was not a good idea

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 21 points 1 year ago
[-] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

You can opt out. Just go to your account. Not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. Could become worrisome in the future though.

[-] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Trusting a software opt out button is such a last resort.

[-] optissima@possumpat.io 3 points 1 year ago

Cool, but does the leak also respect this checkbox too?

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