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“Cops, AI, drug companies”: Who wants to buy your DNA from 23andme?

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“The data could be conceivably used and repurposed for a number of consumer targeting efforts — from marketing and advertising to blackmail,” Rennie Westcott, senior intelligence analyst at Blackbird.AI, told Salon in an email.