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by raible 974 days ago
Well, maybe. I for one _absolutely_ didn't participate b.c. I didn't want my DNA and personally identifying information owned by any company. I can't imagine that there aren't many others like me.

I would, however, love to send my DNA to a company if they could provide the results without knowing any information about me whatsoever. For instance: I would be more than willing to buy the kit with cash and send it back with a burner email. Has anyone heard of such a service?

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But then, without all that extra data, they would actually have to do some dna testing, rather than than determining your likely background heuristically.
I read somewhere a while ago that the FBI gets free access to the data, which was enough reason for me. This is just icing on the cake. Though more than likely a few of my relatives sent it there already, so not that it matters anyway.
There is a reason Pootin, and some other world leaders, have a black case carried behind them by a member of security team. This is to collect poo so no genetic information falls into the vials of the enemy.