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I'm concerned about the privacy implications of DNA testing services like 23andMe or AncestryDNA. What are the potential risks of sharing our genetic data with those companies, and are there any privacy-focused alternatives available?

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[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Those two apparently don't allow law enforcement access to their databses (yet?) even though I seem to remember they do. But others do:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/science/dna-police-laws.html

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