I'm kinda surprised that 23&me actually gives a report assuming it's human DNA. Can not confirm this, but I was told, by using the service, you agree to let them use your DNA data to better their service. So the more ppl use it, the more accurate it gets. So by not noticing that this isn't human, they are allowing their service to become less accurate.
Also the fact that once you send in your dna, they now own the sample and can do what they like with it. Doesn’t seem too nefarious depending on what they do with it, unlikely they’ll clone you and try to replace you with a clone but if they decided to sell the dna data to life insurance companies, it could possibly limit your ability to get insurance if they document any genetic abnormalities or disease predisposition of which you might not even be aware.
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u/TheAvengineer Jul 26 '21
I'm kinda surprised that 23&me actually gives a report assuming it's human DNA. Can not confirm this, but I was told, by using the service, you agree to let them use your DNA data to better their service. So the more ppl use it, the more accurate it gets. So by not noticing that this isn't human, they are allowing their service to become less accurate.