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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • I take the (you may call it Stoic) decision not to think about what I cannot affect. 23andMe is not a good company, it is tied to Google etc. and they are sloppy with security. I am not even trying to justify myself not taking my data away from there earlier, that is my fault, and I have been stupid and lazy.

    That said, their Privacy Statement is quite clear about what should happen and none of the exception listed there apply, also because genetic data is anyway Art. 9 data.

    I will act at the best of my possibilities and not concern myself more than needed with how bad of an actor anyone may be in the US (it is a bit overwhelming as an exercise, especially nowadays).




  • What I always miss in these lists is an alternative to Slack, which I also think would be one of the most important to get right since:

    • Slack is used in companies and to transfer operational information, therefore contains both HR (personal) data and sensitive business data
    • Slack generates a lot of data now used to train LLMs and other ML applications
    • Slack is seen as a must-have in most companies and it gets in at an affordable price point which still could be lowered by an EU solution.

    I have looked into Whaller, but would still prefer an EU-made open-source version of something like Mattermost.