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"Anne Wojcicki wife of Sergey Brin who is in charge of is set to bring the company live this week. Here are the details via techcrunch: 23andMe will offer a genetic screening service for $999. In return you will be told your genetic history including whether you are likely to suffer from a range of diseases or similar life altering events, including heart disease."

Michael Gray Asks:
"Does it creep you out that Google, who IMHO knows WAAAAAAYYYY more than anyone should about anyone else is connected to a company who tests your DNA?"
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from Halfdeck 1648 Days ago #
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"Don’t tell there aren’t a few completely out of their mind eggheads at the plex who would love to connect your DNA with your Google account, for any number of purposes"Yes if you’re Googling around for child porn or how to detonate a nuclear tomato you should be very, very afraid.

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from PocketSEO 1647 Days ago #
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This is a great story.

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from Gamermk 1644 Days ago #
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lol this is one of the few times I wish we could put images in the comments just so I could put a pic of graywolf’s logo with a tinfoil hat on like Jill described.That being said, this article definitely unsettled me.

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