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[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (20 children)

My first reaction on seeing 23andMe and its workalikes was "why the flying fuck would I want to give my DNA information to a corporate entity in this world of ubiquitous corporate surveillance!?"

It's nice to have cynicism vindicated. Again.

[–] purple@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If someone made a chip that read dna and had an open source program to load on a raspberry pi, with no telemetry or creepy stuff, I would pay a LOT

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

You wouldn't pay as much as 23andMe would pay to kill it, hence the problem with our current system.

[–] Udonezo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel like we could easily have something similar to a DNA testing kit that goes with access to a software that analyzes it that meets your description within our lifetime. Sending it to a lab shouldn't be necessary forever

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Elizabeth Holmes would like a word with you.

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