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SSJPython on May 19, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: 23andMe Sells Gene-Testing Business to DNA Drug Ma...

No offense, but you have to be an idiot to not even consider the possibility that your data was going to be sold. What do they think they were going to do with the data? Just keep it safe in storage?

sumeno on May 19, 2025 [–]

Your average person definitely thought that

kjkjadksj on May 19, 2025 | [–]

Don’t you specifically consent to use your data for research? That is what another commenter said who used this service.

sumeno on May 19, 2025 | | [–]

Does the average user read a consent for research and think it means "we'll sell your data to whomever we choose"?

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