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🤠 Howdy! Not the most positive first post inside /privacy but here goes...

BBC News

  • Hackers have been able to gain access to personal information from about 6.9 million users of genetic testing company 23andMe, using customers' old passwords.
  • In some cases this included family trees, birth years and geographic locations, the company said.
  • After weeks of speculation the firm has put a number on the breach, with more than half of its customers affected.
  • The stolen data "does not include DNA records" - apparently

Archive.org link - https://web.archive.org/web/20231205172139/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67624182

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did not know @davidw into privacy! 👀

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Haha aren't we all becoming more privacy-conscious these days?

Just because I don't use a mysterious nym, doesn't mean I may not be called Farty Dent in future. Also nothing like new sovereign privacy tech to get you motivated about the future.

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i was just thinking about doing this...guess not now.

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I imagine you'll be kept busy with /news 💪

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It was a matter of time..
This is what keeps me from do one of those tests..

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More like anti-privacy amirite lol

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Ups. Will make sure to handsomely reward you in here, until splits are possible

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