Update 3/3/22: Deal is back (affiliate link) nvm, this one does not have ancestry
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The Offer
Direct Link to offer (affiliate link)
- Amazon Prime members pay just $99 for 23andMe Health + Ancestry Service: Personal Genetic DNA Test Including Health Predispositions, Carrier Status, Wellness, and Trait Reports.
Our Verdict
This typically sells for $199, and occasionally we’ll see it discounted down to $99. Please do your own research before doing genetic testing – while information can be empowering and interesting, it may also be too much for some people to process.
This is not a deal. The 3/2/2022 update links to Health Service only
You are right. I’ll update
So far, there are still very few comments here from anyone who has actually tried a DNA testing kit.
As usual, it’s just speculative fearmongering from people looking to confirm what they already think they know about consumer privacy.
It’s neither speculation nor fearmongering. Many, if not all, privacy advocates and reputable journals agree that it’s a privacy risk. (Among other problems.)
Such as…? Specifically, which privacy advocates and reputable journals? Have they or you actually experienced or studied aforementioned privacy risk?
You’re implicitly accepting a privacy risk every time you open a bank account, paying with a credit card, or using the internet. There are risks and benefits to everything.
Unfortunately, almost no one here has tried a testing kit to evaluate if the benefits are worth the risk. The comments are mostly from people who are wringing their hands over something they have no firsthand experience trying.
Do a Startpage or DuckDuckGo search using parameters such as “privacy risk 23andme -23andme.com” (to exclude 23andme’s own website from the results).
Accepting one privacy risk doesn’t mean you have to wantonly accept every other privacy risk.
Some may accept the risk in the hope of getting some useful benefit from it, and that’s fine. But you shouldn’t ignore the risk or avoid information explaining the risk.
All your data is forsale if and when they sell the company. Don’t be fooled by the FAQ and do some analysis.
People are sharing links and facts, yet you labeled those comments as “speculative fearmongering” without any explanation.
Sorry I think those comments are much more valuable and convincing than yours.
Honest question, if one were curious but was worried about privacy, couldn’t they just put in a fake name and the address of a walmart in another state?
https://www.businessinsider.com/future-healthcare-dna-genetic-testing-23andme-2018-12 read the 2nd half of it. Fake name and address do not work! They still can find you. through your stupid relatives who use real names and address.
Hard pass
How is this not free yet ? Or better yet, how are they not paying to people who decide to share their genetic data ? Pass.
[Sigh] I was just debating with myself about whether I should get this done. I’m very curious; who isn’t? Ideally it should be personal and anonymous through an account number.
Anonymous? Hahaha. Read about the reality.
Spoiler alert: I’m your real dad. Sorry.
Don’t do it even if they pay $999!
There are also MAJOR privacy concerns with handing over your entire genetic code to companies. Even if you don’t get tested, if a close family member does, you can still be identified. Obviously this is great for catching actual criminals, but trusting law enforcement to use their power wisely has always ended in abuse.
https://www.wired.com/story/cops-are-getting-a-new-tool-for-family-tree-sleuthing/
More forensic tools than ever.
Yet more crime than ever.
“The U.S. has 250,000 unsolved murders, a number that increases by about 6,000 each year — FBI’s Uniformed Crime Report data.”
I would heed the warning above. You need to be prepared for some family skeletons if you do genetic testing. I did a DNA test and a year later was matched with what would be my half-sibling. A lot of drama ensued as I would be “at fault” for taking the DNA test and learning about this “family shame”. Still dealing with the fallout from all of it.
The truth is best in all situations no matter how painful. At least you know the truth. Shame on those who lied to you for so long
That’s nothing. None of my biological children know who their daddy is.
That’s nothing. When I was 8, I went to my parents and asked: “Mom, Dad, was I adopted?”
They replied: “Yes, son, but they gave you back.”
Mr Dangerfield is a DoC commenter? Wild
Unless they read this post