[Gay State Conservative]

IIRC when someone puts their trash out for collection they are considered to have legally renounced their ownership of the contents and,having done so,the police can take the contents without any kind of warrant.

IMO when one submits their DNA to a public service like "Ancestry DNA" they have relinquished their ownership rights and anyone,including police,can search it.

[Still Thinking]

Yeah, but the DNA is leading to people who didn’t volunteer a sample.

They check databases and uncover people related to the person who committed the crime, then that dramatically narrows their suspect pool. I can see good and bad in it.

[Chickensoup]

IRC when someone puts their trash out for collection they are considered to have legally renounced their ownership of the contents and,having done so,the police can take the contents without any kind of warrant.
IMO when one submits their DNA to a public service like “Ancestry DNA” they have relinquished their ownership rights and anyone,including police,can search it.

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first thought Perhaps the trash issue is wrong.

Second, Why isnt the DNA company an extension of my home instead of an extension of the public

[MercyFlush]

Most DNA firms these days ask if people want to opt in to allow their profiles to assist law enforcement.

If you opt out then the 4th Amendment kicks in and law enforcement is then prohibited from looking at your DNA without a specific warrant.