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Comment by zeepzeep | Hacker News Reader

I waited for this. Sorry to all that are affected, but maybe this is a sign for others, not to give their DNA to a random company.

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And also not to be related to someone who gave their DNA to a random company.

Yeah, just like people stopped using their real identities on the net where there is absolutely nobody with an axe to grind for trivial issues.

Sorry for the cynicism. What is even worse, people actually using these services create expectations towards everyone smart enough not to do that. Of course, that would mean your near relatives have to be smart enough not to use these services either...

Now any health insurer could use this data to identify high risk genetic defects...

Isn’t it illegal to use DNA data for purposes of health insurance? How would insurance company be able to use it? Companies like kaiser run both hospitals and insurance, yet they can’t use your full medical history when determining your insurance risk.

The bigger issue imho is companies using biometrics as a secure authentication, but at least in USA that’s going to be no worse than SSN mess.

Legislation is sensible and in larger insurers this promise will probably be kept. But if the info is available, people will look it up. Long time disease risk is interesting to many people.

If you leave your door open, people are still not allowed to steal you things. Do you leave your door open?

Good way to identify people using cover. That's got some value to people that can perform these sorts of exfiltrations.

Rather why such companies are even allowed? They are literally privacy invasion, even if by ignorance.

My DNA is in this breach and I couldn't care less.

Why should they care aboit it being released though?

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