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astrange
on Nov 1, 2023
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Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study f...
Selling data is the credit card and ad tech industry, not genetics. Your 23AndMe data has approximately no value unless you take the research surveys, since there's nothing to associate it with.
m463
on Nov 2, 2023
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why do people say stuff like this?
for example, they sell it to GlaxoSmithKline
not to mention the recent data breach
astrange
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They don't because it isn't worth anything. You are misunderstanding what happens.
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