Family Tree DNA will let customers opt-out of the FBI's genetic data

engadget ^ | 03/14/2019 | Rachel England

[simpson96]

Yeah, sure.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Uh, huh.

[rigelkentaurus]

opt-out, lol

Hay, I have a great bridge in NYC I would like to sell cheap, getting out of the business.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

As if they wouldn’t sell it to CODIS for the right price.

[Kriggerel]

Beat me to it, although my wording was going to be: “Yeah, right.”

[Shadow44]

So the FBI just secretly gets the DNA instead of officially getting it.

[teevolt]

Somewhere in the depths of Hell Stalin is jealous of this surveillance capability.

[ThunderSleeps]

I don’t believe it for a second. If the feds are looking for someone, they’re going to cull through all the data, guaranteed. The only difference will be when they go after a suspect whether they say the DNA match led them to the suspect or it was an “anonymous tip.”

[RedStateRocker]

opting-out probably gets you top priority for matching to everything they have DNA for.

[Kriggerel]

Of course.

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of, Comrade.

/sarc, btw.

[unixfox]

You knew I was a snake when you picked me up.

[eyeamok]

This is a Joke right?? Satire?? Someone hitting the pipe hard today??

I got $10 that says these DNA sights are Wholly Owned Subsidiary’s of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF,....

[M Kehoe]

“Opt out?”

Sure, and I’m the queen of England.

5.56mm

[GreatRoad]

LOL, that works until the “data breach” ftom China...or Russia.

[Texan5]

I’d get good money that anyone who opts out gets red flagged and their DNA entered into the CODIS database immediately-on the suspicion that they have something to hide, of course...

[Delta 21]

So what about every bodies rights that got jackbooted before the “opt-out”?

[Texan5]

“bet good money” not “get”

[OLDCU]

You bet.

[Grampa Dave]

opting-out probably gets you top priority for matching to everything they have DNA for. Every ancestor or living relative with a DNA sample would become prime targets if one took this option. It is like when a robo caller tells you to push 9 if you don't want any more robo calls.