23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

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I wonder how many people like this turn around and then use electronic payments in person for everything.

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Different levels of privacy. Electronic payments only reveal what you buy and at least serves a utility. 23andme is just for vanity and could reveal your preexisting conditions or family tree to people who would use it against you.

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Each transaction isn’t that much. Beating the path toward a cashless economy is a different story.

Do you remember the pregnant teenager outed to her parents over big data advertising?

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All I’m saying is that the two are not equivalent and people aren’t hypocrites for doing eletronics payments, but refusing vanity dna tests.

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