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Delete your data from 23andMe, like right now. The company is in trouble, and you don't want them to have your DNA.

Delete your data from 23andMe, like right now. The company is in trouble, and you don't want them to have your DNA.

23andMe just laid off 40% of its staff. It is a company that is deeply in trouble. I certainly would not trust them with your DNA any more (I didn't before).

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Nov 20, 2024
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Delete your data from 23andMe, like right now. The company is in trouble, and you don't want them to have your DNA.
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Last week, 23andMe announced that it is cutting 40% of its workforce and discontinuing an entire division of the company (source). This comes just a few months after a data breach that allowed bad actors to scrape data from 23andMe (see my post here) and after all seven independent directors on 23andMe’s board resigned. These are the signals of a compan…

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