<story><title>23andMe Pulls Off Massive Crowdsourced Depression Study</title><url>https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602052/23andme-pulls-off-massive-crowdsourced-depression-study/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mtinie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m very conflicted about trying a service like the one that 23andMe offers. Part of me would love to see what comes back, the other (currently louder) part of my brain is worried about throwing away any ideas of future genetic privacy if I do.&lt;p&gt;The worst part is, I&amp;#x27;m not sure which is a more rational desire. Is my my privacy concern undue paranoia?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jasode</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s true that 23amdMe doesn&amp;#x27;t want submissions to be anonymous[1].  However, that doesn&amp;#x27;t stop people from hacking their way around it.[2][3]&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;customercare.23andme.com&amp;#x2F;hc&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;202907890-Can-I-be-genotyped-anonymously-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;customercare.23andme.com&amp;#x2F;hc&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;202907890...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;how-to-use-23andme-without-giving-up-your-genetic-privacy&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;how-to-use-23andme-without...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=2431433&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=2431433&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>23andMe Pulls Off Massive Crowdsourced Depression Study</title><url>https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602052/23andme-pulls-off-massive-crowdsourced-depression-study/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mtinie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m very conflicted about trying a service like the one that 23andMe offers. Part of me would love to see what comes back, the other (currently louder) part of my brain is worried about throwing away any ideas of future genetic privacy if I do.&lt;p&gt;The worst part is, I&amp;#x27;m not sure which is a more rational desire. Is my my privacy concern undue paranoia?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maga</author><text>&amp;gt; Is my my privacy concern undue paranoia?&lt;p&gt;And are there genes responsible for it?&lt;p&gt;On a more serious note, I remember hearing about microchips the size of USB sticks that were supposed to sequence a DNA in hours costing &amp;quot;only&amp;quot; few grands back then couple of years ago. I&amp;#x27;m surprised they didn&amp;#x27;t yet flood the market considering the privacy concerns when it comes to services like 23andMe.&lt;p&gt;Sure, those services do more just sequencing, but for those who would just like to check for a few hereditary deseases running in their family while sticking to their tinfoil hat that would be a bargain. In my case, though, my body is so tough that I&amp;#x27;m afraid if my DNA is revealed it may be used for making a clone army one day.</text></comment>