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Thomas πŸ”­βœ¨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome (hachyderm.io)
submitted 11 months ago by PoseidonsWake@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves.

Do what it says in the email and email arbitrationoptout@23andme.com that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration.

If you have an account with them, do this right now.

Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

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[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If my uncle did this, how would they get my information and genome over him? I read the Wikipedia article but still don't understand how this works.

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because 25% of your uncles DNA is the same as yours.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Okay, but they don't know which part and the don't even know I exist if my uncle isn't telling them?

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

They don't, but other companies like insurance might know. And they are the ones who's buying. They use multiple sources of data. And then they put 2 and 2 together.

Even though it's 25%, they will still calculate it as a risk.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for putting it together, now I understand the reasoning.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I'll have to get the name of the specific murder porn show from my wife, but there's one where they go into detail about how they find a suspect with DNA by finding people with a close enough match to narrow down the family tree and get super close to the actual person, if not the exact person.