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This was just waiting to happen tbh
I’ve been telling people since this dna testing started that sooner or later that data will be for sale, an insurance company will buy it, and then get used against people to increase their health insurance rates or deny claims.
But I’m a crazy conspiracy theorist according to everyone ;)
Same reason I don’t want to buy a new car anymore…
Because of the "driving behavior" data that gets sent out via secret cell connections and bought by insurance companies?
Yup. Go ahead and try turning that cell phone radio thing off. Why do you need an app for remote start? Why can’t it be on the keyfob anymore? But again, nothing to see here - just the continued enshittification of everything.
What! What cars have this???
Yes, unfortunately. I dunno if it's a global thing or just in the US, but several years ago, they started sending your car's computer data to insurance companies, who then use it to determine how well you drive and what insurance rates they want to give you.
It's really scummy.
Even if a relative has shared their DNA, it can be used to make some fairly safe assumptions about yours.
My car's computer doesn't transmit. It doesn't log anything more than engine fault codes. That's how I like it.
Find me a car produced in 2024 or later which does this