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▲ renegade-otter 2 hours ago

It's unbelievable to me that this is legal. You put your trust into a corporate entity with your data. The entity goes away, so does the guarantee? Oh, OK.

I learned that the hard way with 23&Me.

▲satvikpendem 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I learned that the hard way with 23&Me.

That's why I've never done a DNA test, it's not worth your literal biological data being sold off to god knows where to discriminate against you. I thought everyone realized this but didn't realize it was a niche opinion.

▲pfdietz an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Has that discrimination scenario ever happened?

▲smallerize a minute ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know if this is exactly the scenario you are thinking of, but the sections on Covid and Australia show real treatment or insurance decisions being made based on genetics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_discrimination

▲garciasn 4 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes? https://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/res...

▲pfdietz a few seconds ago | parent [-]

That's not at all what was being discussed; that's DNA information collected by the government.

▲c-linkage an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It would have been nice if my siblings had the same opinion.

▲burnte 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It's unbelievable to me that this is legal. You put your trust into a corporate entity with your data. The entity goes away, so does the guarantee? Oh, OK.

I agree it sucks but isn't that life? Jim makes you a promise, Jim dies, his kids don't have to keep Jim's promise, nor anyone else.

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▲naravara an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

My original mortgage lender has a very functioning web portal to set up autopay and check my account.

They sold my mortgage to a big bank whose web portal and app are pure garbage. Constantly crashing, the autopay frequently just doesn’t autopay, and getting a statement history requires delving through a bunch of random menus.

It’s really obnoxious that I just get no say unless I refinance.

▲delichon 38 minutes ago | parent [-]

Imagine buying a bond that you are not allowed to sell, and just have to wait for maturity. You'd pay less than for a normal bond, right? Same goes for a mortgage lender. They would risk less and you'd be paying a lot more for such a loan, if you can find one.