<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'd like to see your alternative to 23 and me.<br><br>bill w<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:19 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">How does 23andMe assure customers that their DNA data is private?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Natasha<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Natasha, you aren’t required to tell them who you are.  Any pseudonym will do.  I have two second cousins on there whose identities I have been trying to crack for some time, but no luck.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">If one of your siblings or several cousins go on there and identify themselves, it is easy enough to figure out with high confidence the identity of you, but it is unlikely several cousins would do it, and you can ask your siblings if they did it.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">If you want even more assurance of privacy, have a friend buy the kit with her credit card.  Then register yourself Rhizopus Stolonifer.  Give a different friend’s email @ or create one for Ms. Stolonifer and use it for only that.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Welcome to the family!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Before you do that however, if you are in it for genealogy purposes, 23andMe isn’t the way to go.  Post me offlist for further info if you worry about privacy concerns, or ask here if you wish.  Others might want this info.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> extropy-chat [mailto:<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>natasha@natasha.cc<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list<br><b>Subject:</b> [ExI] 23andME - Company issues: privacy<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">How does 23andMe assure customers that their DNA data is private?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Natasha<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Natasha Vita-More, PhD</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Professor, University of Advancing Technology<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chair, Humanity+<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"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