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Why can't a public trust buy 23andMe? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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If 23 and Me goes bankrupt, they will sell all of the biometric data they've collected over decades to the highest bidder. Why can't the US government step in to purchase the company and establish a public trust?

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[-] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

You answered your own question. So they don't need a warrant. For a fee, they can run ALL DNA collected against just about everyone, no probable cause required.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I don't even know if that would be legal, but that doesn't matter. The fee creates a little bit of disconnection so both parties can assume that questions of legality are the others' responsibility.

This doesn't make it legal either, it just makes it more likely to happen, and slightly harder to prosecute.

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