23andMe’s Fall From $6 Billion to Nearly $0

Brin was married to her sister Anne, the biotech analyst.

In fact him and Larry Page started up Google in Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park. Perhaps in gratitude he later funded her it is not mentioned in his Wiki.

Pffh. Let's see you do that with... $2.6 million?... 👀

The thing with 23andme and other DNA genealogy profilers is that a vast section of the population knew that it was a stupid and dangerous idea. Perhaps there was better awareness about it than about any other technical problem that plagues our society. Despite all that, the other section of the population decided to simply ignore the loud warnings and outcry and managed to get their genetic information leaked. Even worse, the leaked information doesn't just affect them - it affects their relatives too. So potentially, a lot of people who didn't like the tests also have their information leaked. Some people just won't learn.

"Leaked", as if tech companies reach multi-billion dollar evaluations based on retail sales.

If you die without getting sequenced, you'll never get resurrected... 😙🎶

I totally agree in principle. Handing over your genetic information to shady 3rd parties is stupid. But how do you know it hasn't happened without your knowledge or permission? Technology exists that can extract DNA from fingerprints (the PCR that was used for covid-19 tests). Meanwhile, how many blood tests do you get in a year? How do you know what happens with those samples?