DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/895673

DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station

  • exanime@lemmy.today
    18·
    9 months ago

    All these companies are fronts for scams preying on people’s love for their pets…

    Don’t be a victim

    • reddig33@lemmy.world
      54·
      9 months ago

      It’s really a shame. You’d think an established DNA company like 23andMe would enter this market.

        • Wolo@lemmy.wtf
          32·
          9 months ago

          Because their users are stupid and reuse passwords? Not really 23andmes fault

          • smegEnglish
            8·
            9 months ago

            As far as I know they’re completely unregulated in who they can sell your genetic info to, and they’re pretty lazy in terms of information security. So maybe your siblings both send of their info to them, they identify that your family is at a high risk for heart disease, and suddenly your private health insurance company wants to double their fees. Or, with my tinfoil hat on, maybe your family is identified as being a particular ethnic minority, and an authoritarian government gets voted in in a couple of decades who uses that info to round up people they don’t like. A bit far-fetched, but hopefully you get my point!

          • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
            6·
            9 months ago

            Well that and they happily provide DNA info to police whenever asked. To the point where they can find people through relatives. Like, if you have a shithead cousin who commits a crime, they can use your DNA to match his. And then the police have your DNA on file.

          • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            As I’m sure you know, the accounts that got credential stuffed also exposed the information of anyone that had shared data with them.

            What’s more is these hacked accounts were used to friend and solicit other 23&Me users to share their data, expanding the amount of data collected well beyond the scope of just the accounts that got hacked.

            I’m sure the nearly 7 million people who had their info stolen through the breach of just 14k accounts weren’t all stupid.

      • exanime@lemmy.today
        5·
        9 months ago

        Well 23&me business is not actually DNA testing, it’s collecting and selling people’s DNA data. The market for this on pets does not exist

        Also, the way they handled their data breach (or the fact they had any) definitely stains their reputation

        Finally, because they were doing the DNA testing at a loss and selling the DNA data has proven to be harder than expected, they are actually on the bring of bankruptcy