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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy (www.404media.co)

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[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah. Motocross has an obvious physical risk. Collecting your private info through shady and innocuous legal agreements is horse shit. It would be one thing if they were sworn to do good with the data or something but we know they only want to use it to enrich themselves. The fines would need to be severe like say the 21 and me people should be put under the prison

[–] Isaac@waterloolemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm a software developer, and I tell people on the daily you need to protect your data and have many times said not to give DNA to anyone unless it can save your life. 21 and me is gross as a business model and should not be a thing and I also strongly agree they need to be put into prison

I'm peeling back the tech-oligarchies hold on me by getting rid of Google and the other big boys. I'm fortunate I can spin up SMTP server (MailCow) and cloud storage (NextCloud) using free and open source software (FOSS). But I encourage others to do the same if they can. SMTP is a tough nut to crack, maintaining servers is also a bit of a task. But any technologist that knows web servers (Docker, VM) and DNS can set up shit using elest.io/managed-services