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Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data breach is a stark reminder of a chilling reality -- our most intimate, personal information might

DNA companies should receive the death penalty for getting hacked | TechCrunch::Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data breach is a stark reminder of a chilling reality – our most intimate, personal information might

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The 23andMe breach saw hackers gaining access to a whopping 6.9 million users’ personal information, including family trees, birth years and geographic locations. It brings to the fore a few significant questions: Are companies really doing enough to protect our data? Should we trust them with our most intimate information?

    Well . . . NO. But that has never not been the case. These fucking cheese-brained twits who pour out every scrap of personal - and genetic! - info to the tatty basket of whatever Zuckerberg their moron friends are using has been a problem from day one.

    Nothing has changed. Google is evil, Twitter went fascist, facepals is an arm of the FSB, and All Your Genes Are Belong To Us. No fucking shit.

    Using computers for everything requires understanding them and most. People. Don’t.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I like entertaining the idea that purchasing technology should require some form of license like a firearm.

      The only problem with the idea is that I would probably be out of a job pretty quick, given no one would be able to use computers.

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            Oh yeah. If I mention a destination at work and not 100% knowing the directions my older coworkers pull out the go to A, B, C, and then through X and youre in Z.

            My default answer: Thanks, but I think I’ll stick to GPS…