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).
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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