Senatoren befürchten die ‚dystopische‘ Zukunft, als bankrott 23andMe sich darauf vorbereitet, sich selbst zu verkaufen
https://www.notus.org/policy/23andme-hearing-bankruptcy
Senatoren befürchten die ‚dystopische‘ Zukunft, als bankrott 23andMe sich darauf vorbereitet, sich selbst zu verkaufen
https://www.notus.org/policy/23andme-hearing-bankruptcy
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> For the second day in a row, the company’s top executive was pummeled on Capitol Hill over concerns that the company is about to transfer roughly 15 million people’s genetic information to a pharmaceutical company or a newly created firm — without any guarantee that it would not be misused.
> Interim CEO Joe Selsavage repeatedly asserted that customers could easily make those deletion requests, even though a surge had temporarily shut down the company’s website. But things took a turn when Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who represents Missouri, where the company recently filed its bankruptcy case, pointed out that 23andMe’s legal **fine print** actually says the company will retain your genetic information even if you choose to delete your account.
> “In the wrong hands, it can enable **dystopian discrimination** and surveillance can be used by our adversaries,” Sen. Dick Durbin said. Wednesday’s hearing presented a rare, bipartisan moment in Washington — save for a brief detour by Republican Sen. Katie Britt, who used it as an opportunity to question the science-company executive about gender identity.
Aren’t they selling themselves to their former CEO through a non-profit? source: https://www.theverge.com/news/687123/23andme-anne-wojcicki-acquisition
This is the hill they wanna die on? You gotta wonder if their genetic data might out them as non-humans?
I would bet $100 that it was always part of the plan to gather people’s data then sell it off
„I belonged to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. No, we now have discrimination down to a science.“
-Vincent Freeman, Gattaca
15 million looks like just 5 percent of the country, and I bet that many are closely related (e.g. one family gets excited and does a lot of testing, but most others avoid it entirely.) Is that a lot?
There are so many other good choices these days, but is this the actual root of the “dystopian” future?
This should be moved here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoShitSherlock/s/HmwiOBUWss
We are living in a dystopian present. 23andme is really low on a long list of concerns.