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Why anyone would ever trust somebody else with their DNA data is beyond me.
Why anyone would care is beyond me. Explain what someone's realistically going to do with your DNA data.
Sell to insurance companies. Genetic predisposition towards certain illnesses? That's a premium.
And the insidious thing is, it's not even just you. Any relative that does a test, boom, they know.
If that's something that those companies were interested in doing, why wouldn't they just require people applying for coverage to submit a DNA sample? That would be way easier, more reliable, and less shady compared to trying to piece together profiles based on data being sold on the black market.