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  Stupid question I suppose.  
  But what's stopping Blood Test labs from simply storing a little quantity of your Blood and then selling it off/doing DNA testing on it?  
  I think the reason some people "don't care about it" is because we know we can't do shit about it anyway. Take the whole Art AI/ChatGTP discussion going around. If data can be found, companies will find and use it, not giving a fuck about copyright, rights or whatever.
context: This falls into a larger category of "people are giving away too much data and control without even thinking about it." >
  
  I think most of just don't care, to be honest. >
  
  This is absolutely it. Any time I bring up privacy or security it's "I have nothing to hide /I don't care" every time. For over a decade now >
  
  Yea I'm super curious about my ancestry because theres a few adopted people in my tree, but theres literally no privacy policies. Besides using it for criminal cases there's no guarantee that 20-30 years from now insurance companies won't be using that data for premiums, or advertisers using it to most accurately advertise to you, governments and political actors using it to influence your beliefs all nasty stuff so I would never do it. >
  
  Agreed and if insurance companies use it, they will raise your premiums because you inherited a risk of disease whether you have the disease or not. So if you have genes that predispose you to hypertension, for example, but you eat well and work out and have normal blood pressure, they would still raise your premiums. The excuse would be you’re higher risk, even though your lifestyle choices eliminate the risk. >
  
  and the worst part is that if a relative does it even without your consent they can link it back to you its all sorts of levels of fucked. They prey on grandmas wanting to know their family history so they can build a database of fuckery >
  
  Since we are all descendants of Adam and Eve they’ll finally be able to prove it. >
  
  Hard agree op >
  
  It’s not a breach of privacy if you fully authorize it (and pay them to do it) >
  
  Except your idiot cousin sold your data because he is related to you and took a test. >
  
  I completely agree with you that genealogy technology poses a privacy risk. It's concerning to think that our genetic data can be used to uncover so much about us, and it's important to be mindful of the implications of sharing this data with companies. We need to be aware of the potential risks and take steps to protect our privacy as much as possible.