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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA (www.bloomberg.com)

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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who knew giving away YOUR FUCKING DNA to some company was not a good idea

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me 10 years ago, apparently.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can opt out. Just go to your account. Not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. Could become worrisome in the future though.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Trusting a software opt out button is such a last resort.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Cool, but does the leak also respect this checkbox too?