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40. Why would anyone give away their DNA?? - and pay for it??? STUPIFYING

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:50 PM

Jun 2019

Law enforcement needs a subpoena....WTF!!!!!!!

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Remember all those posts on DU promoting genetic testing? [View all] jberryhill Jun 2019 OP

this whole thing is probably not going to end well Celerity Jun 2019 #1

I think we'll find that drug development is one of the more benign uses this data is put to. lagomorph777 Jun 2019 #47

I wouldn't call people who utilize these services idiots. Perhaps they are naively curious. Siwsan Jun 2019 #2

I was calling one particular poster an idiot jberryhill Jun 2019 #6

Oh, ok. But still. People get swept up. I kind of feel sorry for them. Siwsan Jun 2019 #11

i have no problem w this, myself. mopinko Jun 2019 #3

No safeguards against discrimination lostnfound Jun 2019 #12

You list a big chunk of my concerns, in that with all of the electronic break ins of our online ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #38

A lot of people don't even use their real names BannonsLiver Jun 2019 #49

Surprise, surprise, surprise . . . hatrack Jun 2019 #4

Yup Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #7

+1 2naSalit Jun 2019 #80

I don't know. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #5

You have to "opt in" with 23&Me, and they make the process very clear. Not only must you Maru Kitteh Jun 2019 #44

Privacy? democratisphere Jun 2019 #8

TOS Terms Can Change Too. Just wait until DNA sold to employers, insurance companies, etc. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #9

Precisely Siwsan Jun 2019 #13

We had genetic testing for pregnancies, but those were bound by HIPAA restrictions. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #15

That's what's brilliant about this - it's and end run around HIPAA jberryhill Jun 2019 #16

In one of the pimping threads, a wise DUer (maybe you?) ecstatic Jun 2019 #10

LDS already has our non-DNA data going back centuries, so they can baptise our dead souls.. hlthe2b Jun 2019 #14

LDS hasn't stopped baptizing the dead, I assure you. Mariana Jun 2019 #79

So many people I know are into this. lark Jun 2019 #17

I used 23&Me knowing specifically they intended to do this - they said so right up front. NutmegYankee Jun 2019 #18

Bingo. The key being blood draws paleotn Jun 2019 #50

First they'll get the data y'all are paying to give them, then they'll sell it NightWatcher Jun 2019 #19

The entirety of our future begins as someones fiction. Afromania Jun 2019 #28

I caught a fews mins. of the head of 23andme being interviewed, appalachiablue Jun 2019 #20

I've never participated in this testing... LuckyCharms Jun 2019 #21

I agree with you 100%. Furthermore, I don't recommend anyone getting their DNA tested... Quemado Jun 2019 #24

I made the mistake of joining Facebook, too, but it didn't LuvNewcastle Jun 2019 #37

K&R. Thanks, jberryhill. Bookmarked. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #22

They'll probably find a way to get mine at spome point with all the nasty tools at their disposal Scalded Nun Jun 2019 #23

I have a difficult time understanding how medical research is a bad thing. Rabrrrrrr Jun 2019 #25

Until "Health Companies", otherwise known as... LuckyCharms Jun 2019 #26

Ok. I'm not surprised. It's too late for me to request that Ancestry return my spit, Croney Jun 2019 #27

I have an extremely rare autoimmune disease. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2019 #29

Until your genes become their intellectual property... jberryhill Jun 2019 #31

How much would a cure be worth you reckon? GusBob Jun 2019 #39

And, furthermore jberryhill Jun 2019 #43

In your hyperbole, you are failing to see the broader picture GusBob Jun 2019 #45

Okay well, my picture is different jberryhill Jun 2019 #46

Yes of course its all a matter of perspective GusBob Jun 2019 #48

My perspective is that people should be told jberryhill Jun 2019 #59

There' s a quote from Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux GusBob Jun 2019 #62

The biggest money is in medicines that has cousins that can be sold OTC. Blue_true Jun 2019 #72

A decent pipeline of medications could be worth up to $1 Trillion dollars, Blue_true Jun 2019 #71

You are a technical person and an attorney. Blue_true Jun 2019 #70

You seem to be misunderstand patents. Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #75

The narrow window is the ONLY way that the products perform as desired. Blue_true Jun 2019 #76

I am a patent attorney With more than a decade of experience. Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #78

I am a research and development engineer with 30+ years of experience. Blue_true Jun 2019 #81

I didn't say documentation of your invention was a waste of time. Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #83

The industries that I have worked in have always been ones where having a cost advantage Blue_true Jun 2019 #84

You only know if patents "work" Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #87

Why are you opposed to telling people about all the good they are doing? jberryhill Jun 2019 #58

Huh? greatauntoftriplets Jun 2019 #61

You are the only person so far that even remotely realize how valuable the effort Blue_true Jun 2019 #68

You've explained it perfectly. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2019 #69

I've been dead set against that shit from the beginning. Hotler Jun 2019 #30

The horrors of data mining! empedocles Jun 2019 #32

Data mining can be highly beneficial to society. Blue_true Jun 2019 #73

All sorts of personal data is mined in all sorts of ways Major Nikon Jun 2019 #33

On One Level RobinA Jun 2019 #34

The numerous blood samples you've given to whom? jberryhill Jun 2019 #36

Quest RobinA Jun 2019 #63

O P lumps LDS with the genetic test companies. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #35

Oh dear... asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #41

Not to mention some snazzy underwear jberryhill Jun 2019 #42

Now look what you did. I got an underwear fetish 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #56

That's a huge relief! 😊 MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #82

Why would anyone give away their DNA?? - and pay for it??? STUPIFYING asiliveandbreathe Jun 2019 #40

My daughter did for two reasons: Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #64

Don't get me wrong, this isn't good, but it would be more hughee99 Jun 2019 #51

Big Data is where it's at. Does anyone here use a grocery store discount card? gtar100 Jun 2019 #52

Oh I have a really cool online quiz for you about which Star Trek character you are jberryhill Jun 2019 #53

Here's some of the good that comes from genetic testing CanonRay Jun 2019 #54

Did I say there was something bad about genetic testing? jberryhill Jun 2019 #57

I never claimed you said there was something bad. CanonRay Jun 2019 #60

I'm shocked! Shocked! To find there is data mining going on! Hekate Jun 2019 #55

Reminds me canetoad Jun 2019 #65

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe, Ancestry, and Other Sites klook Jun 2019 #66

Meh. Blue_true Jun 2019 #67

I won't have my DNA tested Raine Jun 2019 #74

They are supposed to get your consent if data is used by secondary parties, and inform you whether still_one Jun 2019 #77

Easy way around all this? DonaldsRump Jun 2019 #85

I am of many minds on this subject. Hugin Jun 2019 #86