At-Home DNA Kit Company Gave Data to FBI

Home DNA kits that can help you discover your family ancestry are popular now, with two of the most used being kits offered by ancestry.com and 23andme.com. The question is, what do these companies do with that personal data you’re handing them? FamilyTreeDNA sold 1.5 million of these at-home DNA kits and then allowed the FBI to take a look at the data to solve crimes. Is that what these 1.5 million people signed up for when they spit into the tube? FBI Exploits Home DNA Kit Data Don’t get me wrong: I’m here to… Read more

Posted by / August 23, 2019
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