Submitted via IRC for BoyceMagooglyMonkey
23andMe has reached a deal with pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, giving the company access to their (your) genetic data to potentially develop new drugs. Did they just sell us all out? Not exactly.
This isn't the first deal where 23andMe has allowed companies to use their (your) data for their research. The company makes up to $199 when you buy one of their spit kits and send in your DNA, but their business model has always depended on leveraging the data they amass as a result. The company has previously made similar, though smaller, deals with Genentech and Pfizer.
[...] The company doesn't technically hand over your data; analysts at 23andMe provide "summary statistics" to third parties. This is relatively safe, in theory, but if you're not sure how you feel about it, just click "Change Consent" under your account settings.
Source: https://vitals.lifehacker.com/what-you-re-really-agreeing-to-when-you-sign-up-for-23a-1828034397
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @05:19PM (2 children)
And, I suppose, you are the One to decide that quality?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @05:26PM
The "Invisible Hand" of evolution by variation and selection does the job; society is best run as a Ouija board.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bob_super on Monday August 06 2018, @05:31PM
Summon history book: 1939-1945 -> Occupying Germans received lots of anonymous letters telling them about unpleasant people to arrest and deport.
I have no worry that history can repeat itself.