[–] lawlerskehts 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
what service did you use?
[–] unpaid_orgy_intern [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Ancestry.
[–] unpaid_orgy_intern [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Already taken care of. I have 3x as many guns as I have hands. :)
[–] unpaid_orgy_intern [S] ago
That's just my Genghis Khan contribution, I suppose.
[–] RandomUser667 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
We're all going to need those Genghis Khan genes before this is over. :-)
[–] SpectralForces 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago
And now they can sell your dna to whoever the fuck they want. Was it worth it?
[–] unpaid_orgy_intern [S] 3 points -1 points 2 points (+2|-3) ago
You realize of course that any time you leave behind somatic cells any entity could sequence your entire genome, right?
[–] sizeable 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Not even remotely the same. They could potentially scan millions of stored DNA records in less than a second if they wanted to look for some type of match. Coming to where I live, collecting a sample, and seeing if I'm a match for whatever you're profiling would take days. Multiple that by each potential person you wanted to check.
You're talking 0.5 seconds vs days and days of legwork. That's why many people (myself included) are extremely reluctant to let some entity scan their DNA into a database.
Right there in ancestry.com policy. So they'll gladly share your DNA data (without a name) with anyone who wants to buy it. And they'll give away your DNA data including the attached name where "as legally required."
[–] Tallest_Skil 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
You literally fucking PAID them to steal your DNA, dipshit. Holy fuck.
[–] BladeStrikes ago
What are the implications of this? Just curious.