[fsckboy]

From a decision-making standpoint it seems difficult to argue that you made the wrong choice. At the time when the $99 kits were ubiquitous, 23andme seemed like a solid, reputable company.

I am interested in genetics, but I didn't trust google, and I trusted a google spouse company even less (it's like John Lennon's Google, and Yoko Ono's 23andMe, when I didn't trust Lennon to begin with) and my data hasn't been spilled. Half of you are thinking of all sorts of epithets to call me, but fact is, I was right about 23andMe. From a decision-making standpoint, slam dunk for me and anybody who listened to me. It was not an unusual position to take. "What. Could. Go. Wrong?"

(I'm fully aware they probably already have my data from numerous blood tests I've taken from normal medical checkups, etc. but what could I have done about that?)

[wayfinder]

I don’t know. I trust Google the most. They’re basically an aimless company with the strongest technically secure infrastructure I’ve seen with the strongest privacy policies implemented (just read about their infra). I think people give in to what people say versus say what they do. Just because Google runs an ad company doesn’t mean shit. What they’ve done with your data (their “actions”) for the past 25 years means way more (they absolutely do nothing with your data — in fact, they seem to completely waste it).

The link between 23andme and Google is tangential at best. Anne Wojcicki and Sergey Brin were married and that’s it, but they are completely two different people.

I have no idea how you’d ever consider 23andme a reputable company. Reputation comes from 20+ years of history — your actions, not what you say. 23andme is not even 20 years old yet — how can you trust something that young?