23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

  • @coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world
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    811 months ago

    Insurance companies would love your DNA too, for all the “good” reasons. And imagine not getting a job because of your DNA.

    Zipcodes can do just so much…

    • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️A
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      11 months ago

      I can easily imagine hiring managers tossing out job applications of people who have a family history of autism, but that’s more a problem of it being too hard to fire them if they’re a problem.

      Religious people could also use a history of mental illiness to assume satanic activity.