The author discusses their experience with 23andMe and the impact of the company's recent bankruptcy on their decision to delete their data. After years of using the service, they found both surprising and redundant information about their genetic predispositions and family ancestry. Importantly, they recognized that before deleting their account, they could download their raw genetic data. This data can be valuable for calculating various health-related genetic indices, illustrating the duality of genetic testing as both a personal insight and a potential privacy risk.
By clicking on download raw data before deleting my account, I was able to obtain the string of Cs, As, Ts and Gs that make up a million or more locations on my genome.
The most important use of the data goes beyond discovering long-lost family members or confirming traits we already knew we had.
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