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cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy

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cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Well, I’ve always been curious what a ruthless person would do with all that DNA data. I’ll finally find out.

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      Church of Latter Day Saints will probably buy it. They believe they can convert the dead.

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        They can’t possibly be that stupid. I’m sure they have more sinister plans for these geneology databases. My first guess would be blackmail. But I’m guessing they have a ton of other evil ideas.

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          LDS has a ton of money. They already have some kind of deal with ancestry.com and own familysearch.com.

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            Yeah even before those websites existed, they were collecting all kinds of files on people. Like late 80s, early 90s. Warehouses full of paper records.

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          Easy. Health insurers will pay top dollar for it

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          It’s more a matter of crazy than stupid, I think.

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        why do they need DNA for that?

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          You ever play Assassin’s Creed?

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        Don’t know why tho, since they believe only 144k people will be saved

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