Although this technology has been used to crack cold cases, I am against this practice. Giving government busy bodies troves of data play with always ends in abuse of power.
“Although this technology has been used to crack cold cases, I am against this practice. Giving government busy bodies troves of data play with always ends in abuse of power.”
Absolutely correct.
The letters have proven that they cannot be trusted.
“You have zero privacy anyway…Get over it!”
I have never used one his products since then, however I now concede he was correct, much to my dismay
they can search me DNA any time they wish! I have nothing to hide and am glad they are catching murderers who for too long have gotten away with it!
All they will find DNA on in my life is the seat of my couch, my office chair, keyboard, bed, and TV remote ! ;)
“Giving government busy bodies troves of data play with always ends in abuse of power.”
They ALWAYS abuse whatever power they have. They can’t help themselves.
“I am against this practice.”
I’m ok with it ONLY if the databases they’re searching are of convicted criminals. Searching all available databases, including those genealogy records like “23 And Me” ... I’m definitely against that.
“Although this technology has been used to crack cold cases, I am against this practice. Giving government busy bodies troves of data play with always ends in abuse of power.”
All that we’ve been dealing with is government abusing power on all levels for decades, and it is getting worse. I would LOVE to see a Supreme Court decision that this practice violates the 4th Amendment.
I use my DNA results daily from the major ancestor program to identify or to affirm new relatives.
In a couple of months, I will surpass 30,000 so called documented relatives.
As the 1950 census is slowly being released! About 2x a week for the past 8 weeks, I get a supposed DNA surname hit not listed on or via any of the above 30 K relatives.
I/we/my/our family members had never heard/known about these people until we were told that they were showing up on the 1950 census. Often, they have surnames, which we have never heard of nor have in those close to 30K so called documented relatives or with other relatives. Some are supposedly 1st-3rd cousins.
Often, these new surnames are complete surprises/unknowns with my family and our families in the Ancestor site.
Exactly.🤔
Does this mean that the police can no longer go to the DMV to see who owns a white Chevy Tahoe within a five mile radius, since security cameras caught such a truck at the crime scene? Or to local tire shops to see who bought Goodyear Eagle GT’s in the last two years as their impressions were left after the getaway car ran over an oil slick ? How about all the sporting goods stores for records of purchasers of Nike Air Jordans about size 10, since the perp left clear track in the mud?
I don’t like the idea that info about me might be in some DNA “familial database” (the definition of those terms is probably a trope) that could later be used against me (or one of my descendants).
People not only giving their dna to private firms and then paying them to do it is insane IMHO…