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Thomas πŸ”­βœ¨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome (hachyderm.io)
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23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves.

Do what it says in the email and email arbitrationoptout@23andme.com that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration.

If you have an account with them, do this right now.

Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's not, and TOS are not legally binding either

By viewing this post, you agree to gift 50% of all after tax future earnings to PersnickityPenguin. Additionally, your entire Steam Library of games is hereby under sole ownership of PersnickityPenguin. All games and/or steam account login and password must be provided to PersnickityPenguin.

Failure to transfer all financial and virtual property within (30) days is considered a breach of contract. Each incident of a breach of contract will result in a $500,000 penalty per incident. Viewer agrees to these terms of service. Any dispute or breach of contract will result in additional legal fees to be paid by the viewer entering into this contract pursuant to paragraph (A).

[–] gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

damn. I lost. Give me your bank details to send you your money.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, check your PM

[–] gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

lmao after seeing your name I can't believe it was you all the time

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Hmm, let's see... social security number 000-00-0002 (damn, Roosevelt).