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Deletion of family's #23andme data complete.
If you haven't done so already, do it asap to keep your generic data out of the hands of an unknown acquirer.
«#23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem»
I’d argue that data is even more problematic. They’ve always guarded the phenotype data that customers provide tooth & nail, probably as that’s where they saw the profit. Eg you could always download your genetic data, but not your survey responses. https://theconversation.com/23andme-is-potentially-selling-more-than-just-genetic-data-the-personal-survey-info-it-collected-is-just-as-much-a-privacy-problem-253220
The Conversation23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problemIf you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted advertising, medical discrimination and so much more.
#23andMe, c’est fini !
Que vont devenir les 15.000.000 de profils #génétiques collectés par l’entreprise ?
France Info · Le géant de l’analyse ADN, 23andMe, fait faillite : quel avenir pour les profils génétiques de ses 15 millions de clients ?Le procureur de Californie demande aux clients de la société de récupérer leurs dossiers et recommande de détruire la version disponible en ligne.
Ars Technica · FTC watching 23andMe bankruptcy sale for impact on users’ genetic data
#Genetic data repo #OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it
The reason, according to #bioinformatics researcher Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, one of the founders of the project, is the dissolution of genetic testing biz #23andMe and the potential weaponization of genetic data by #farright #authoritarian regimes.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/opensnp_shutdown/
The Register · Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it
Bonus #Joke :
Q: What do you get when you inject human DNA into a goat?
A: Banned from the petting zoo.
(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)
Ars Technica · FTC watching 23andMe bankruptcy sale for impact on users’ genetic data
A little late, but Week 13 of the #Privacy Roundup is here. I'm just going to blame it on this cold. 
This edition features:
- #Signalgate #signal
- 23andMe's bankruptcy - what's it mean for user genetic data?
- A man banned for life from a venue... based on data collected about him
- Sandbox escapes for #Firefox and #Chrome exploited in the wild (updates available)
... and more!
We have decided to sunset openSNP at the end of April. While triggered by the sale of #23andme, @PhilippBayer @i_dabble & I had been thinking about this for a while.
Ultimately, we think that it's the most responsible act of data stewardship given the state of the world. I've written a retrospective of the last 14 years of the project:
Bastian Greshake TzovarasSunsetting openSNP - a personal retrospective
More from 
Bastian Greshake Tzovaras
Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #13/2025 is out!
It includes the following and much more:
➝ DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in #23andMe Bankruptcy,
➝ #Trump administration accidentally texted a journalist its war plans,
➝ Critical Ingress #NGINX controller vulnerability allows RCE without authentication,
➝ #Cyberattack hits Ukraine's state railway,
➝ Troy Hunt's Mailchimp account was successfully phished,
➝ #OpenAI Offering $100K Bounties for Critical #Vulnerabilities,
➝ #Meta AI is now available in #WhatsApp for users in 41 European countries... and cannot be turned off
Subscribe to the #infosecMASHUP newsletter to have it piping hot in your inbox every week-end 
https://infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/p/infosec-mashup-13-2025
X’s InfoSec Newsletter🕵🏻♂️ [InfoSec MASHUP] 13/2025DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy, Trump administration accidentally texted a journalist its war plans, Critical Ingress NGINX controller vulnerability allows RCE without authentication, Cyberattack hits Ukraine's state railway, Troy Hunt's Mailchimp account was successfully phished, OpenAI Offering $100K Bounties for Critical Vulnerabilities, Meta AI is now available in WhatsApp for users in 41 European countries... and cannot be turned off
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#23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data
www.bbc.com23andMe customers struggle to delete their dataMultiple users said they had problems after the DNA-testing firm filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Who could have predicted this? Really, a lot of people. @404mediaco’s @jasonkoebler reports on how 23andMe’s bankruptcy has led to more than 50 class-action and state court lawsuits from around 35,000 people who are worried about what will now happen to their genetic data.
https://www.404media.co/dna-of-15-million-people-for-sale-in-23andme-bankruptcy/
404 Media · DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe BankruptcyThere is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying genetic data.
How to Delete Your #23andMe Data
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-delete-your-23andme-data
Electronic Frontier Foundation · How to Delete Your 23andMe DataThis week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it. When the company first...
I didn’t sign up to #23andMe, but I did to one of their competitors.
They didn’t advise any predispositions to illness—certainly none that I already knew to be common in my family—but it did remarkably pick up traits such as that I’m a morning person who dislikes pets, or foods containing coriander (cilantro) or chilli.
None of which are REMOTELY fucking true.
I can only imagine the legal hell that awaits insurers who rely on that service’s statistical models.
#DNA https://fediscience.org/@helenczerski/114234486421293619
FediScience.orgHelen Czerski (@helenczerski@fediscience.org)Great stuff here from Adam Rutherford on the science (or not) of what 23andMe was actually doing & why.
The real question is about the vast amount of genetic data they collected. It will get sold to someone - but who, and what will *they* use it for?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/27/geneticist-mourn-23andme-useless-health-information
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Maybe people are trying to delete their #23andMe #data now bc they just realised what they've done in trusting this company in the first place?
#socialmedia companies like buzzfeed heavily promoted using dna testing companies
Reading contracts you're agreeing to in form of #privacy agreements or terms of use is not very common
Most of us spend loads of time in gamified environments, following cookie-trails like the happy little lab rats the companies want us to be