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23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)
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At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

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[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

a lot of people in these comments who live in privacy-conscious bubbles and aren’t very familiar with “normal” people

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

there's also this attitude that certain users never did anything wrong. YouSureAboutThat.jpg

They never signed up for anything that compromised their privacy?

Also, we all live in abodes with wooden doors and glass windows that anyone with a rock or a stick can break into. Doesn't mean we deserve to be murdered in our sleep.

[–] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The fact that big companies collect and sell your data is common knowledge now, definitely not something esoteric that only people in privacy-conscious bubbles know of. However, "normal" people refuse to not follow every trend or get inconvenienced.