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, @06:00PM (2 children)
Your argument is tired and stupid.
If anything, that's an argument against taxation; you're saying that taxation is a vestigial aspect of ancient authoritarianism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @06:26PM
No, YOU are tired and stupid. Be glas d some people still bother having these discussions with you.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 07 2018, @01:52AM
Your post doesn't even amount to an argument. All that you have a accomplished is to state in a roundabout manner that you don't like people. People haven't changed in thousands of years, and you don't like any of them because they don't change.
So - what are you? One of the lizard people? And ageless vampire? An alien observer? Or, the autistic child who just doesn't "get it"?