In a letter to victims who filed a lawsuit against the company, 23andMe blames its breach on customers for reusing passwords.

Hope this isn’t a repeated submission. Funny how they’re trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

  • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The biggest worry is that the data might be right and might be used by an insurance provider to deny a person’s cover

    Though that’s not a realistic problem. The various DNA ancestry companies’ privacy policies prevent them sharing with insurance companies.

    • jimbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      The biggest worry is that the data might be right and might be used by an insurance provider to deny a person’s coverage

      Ok, but if that’s something insurance companies want to do, they’re not going to be stopped because you didn’t send a DNA sample to 23andMe, nor are they going to have to go scrape up questionable data off the black market. They’ll simply offer people some discount for sending in a DNA sample or even make it a requirement for coverage.