By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026The fact that your mother is your mother "belongs" to both you and her, as well as your grandparents, your father, your siblings and your kids. 15/ 1311
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026The fact that *you* don't sell your family tree to a tech company won't stop all those other people from selling it on - as anyone whose foolish relations handed their genome over to 23andme can attest: www.npr.org/2025/03/24/n... 16/npr.org23andMe is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what it means for your genetic dataThe California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles. 15618
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/09/2026In the property religion, the way you can tell if something is valuable is if it has a high price. Property cultists insist that the problem with privacy is that our privacy is being sold too cheaply. They're wrong: private information isn't "mispriced" - it shouldn't *be* priced. 17/ 16717
