Genetic testing company 23andMe said Monday that hackers were able to access the data of about 6.9 million people, far more than the company previously acknowledged.
The finding is the result of an investigation 23andMe launched in October, after at least one list of people whom the site identified as having Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry was posted online.
I really wish I lived in a world society where this would not be a big deal and would actually be less likely to happen because there was no financial incentive to it.
Is that the world where everyone’s genome is openly available anyway or what scenario do you imagine?
nope. a post scarcity world where the only reason someone would want the information is for specific purposes like a doctor or just a nosey snoop. Basically a world where anyone who would want to know would likely not be inclined to take the necessary work to bypass token safeguards.
I like that perspective. But I’m not sure we’ll ever reach s state of post scarcity where people don’t cheat in their partners and produce offspring that way and that not causing drama.
yeah that is what I meant though. those kind of things would either be legitamate (court order) or it would be a rare individual who both had the motive and the skill to get past token safeguards. I mean these breaches are usually done by teams looking to make money (or sow discord although in that case its like money and discord they want)