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Attached: 1 image ⚠️ 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves. Do what it says in the email and email [email protected] that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration. If you have an account with them, do this right now. Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves.

Do what it says in the email and email [email protected] that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration.

If you have an account with them, do this right now.

Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5617·
    1 year ago

    Nobody’s genome was lost. What happened was, users with weak passwords had their accounts compromised, something like less than 2,000 of them, and from those accounts, bad actors were able to access and download family tree data for something like 6.5 million accounts.

    I don’t really see how the data lost is actionable in any way except for the spoofed “Hey gramma! It’s me! I’m in jail and I need bail money!” phone calls.

    • IzzyScissor@kbin.social
      424·
      1 year ago

      From what I understand - the first action the bad actors are taking are releasing the family trees to “out” anyone with Jewish relatives.

      So, just hate crimes to start.

    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eeEnglish
      251·
      1 year ago

      One of the typical arguments is selling ancestry history to insurance companies, effectively handing them health data which could lead to up-pricing or rejections for customers with bad health history.

    • JonEFive@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I don’t really see how the data lost is actionable in any way

      Agreed unfortunately. An important thing in US law that people often don’t know is that in most cases, you need to prove that you were damaged in some way. Unless the company broke a specific law, you probably just have to accept it until you have problems relating to identity theft. And even when that happens, you’d still need to prove that the the attacker used the lost 23andMe data.

      I personally don’t understand why people use these services in the first place. Let’s all let some private company that we know nothing about build an absolutely massive database of people’s DNA. And let’s voluntarily do it and even pay them for that “service”. Sure, that sounds like a good idea. What could possibly go wrong? Hope your minor curiosity was worth the massive privacy invasion.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I personally don’t understand why people use these services in the first place.

        In my case, I went through 23 and Me because 75% of my DNA comes from sources unknown. No idea who my father was or my maternal grandfather. So being able to fill in those gaps as well as helping to determine medical risk has been very useful.

      • EatYouWell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Building a massive collection of DNA is a really good thing from a research standpoint. Plus, it’s helping solve a bunch of murder cold cases.

          • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I guess what I meant:

            1. What exactly are “Zionist war participants?”
            2. Who is trying to profile these people?
            3. How does this establish “racial segregation?”

            I’m not trying to be annoying. I genuinely believe you are trying to say something important but I just don’t understand what you mean.