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Police can request your DNA from 23andMe, Ancestry
CBS 47 FOX30 actionnewsjax.com ^ | Nov 18, 2017 | Jenna Bourne, Action News Jax

Posted on 11/19/2017 8:41:02 AM PST by TaxPayer2000

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To: Drango

“They still need a warrant.”

Hackers don’t need one.


41 posted on 11/19/2017 9:19:03 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: TaxPayer2000
Having been in academic medicine for decades I can guarantee that that stuff is a fraud to begin with.There's no doubt in my mind that the worst defense lawyer on earth could shoot down in flames any "expert" they sent to court.

So,along with wasting your money,you're foolishly giving the prosecution a weapon that jurors just might fall for.

42 posted on 11/19/2017 9:19:09 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Non-issue, but sure to get the cop haters fired up. Please explain how this is any different than cops getting a court order via a search warrant to order someone to provide a DNA swab?


43 posted on 11/19/2017 9:20:46 AM PST by Yogafist (Smith Storme)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Delete... What a joke...

Yes, they meant 'wipe it ... like with a cloth'

44 posted on 11/19/2017 9:21:53 AM PST by redcatcherb412 (Emerged intact.)
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To: sparklite2

Your DNA doesn’t have to be an exact match, just close enough.

And if think that’s BS, just wait until the insurance companies, and your employers get a hold of that information.

Once that door is opened, it will be close to impossible to shut it.


45 posted on 11/19/2017 9:22:50 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: greenishness

My neighbor’s Alaskan Malamute could be just the ticket for something like that. That dog will eat right out of my hand. That way, I can “identify as” an Alaskan Malamute if I ever decide to.


46 posted on 11/19/2017 9:23:03 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: sparklite2

“Your prints may be in a police database. You leave fingerprints around constantly, which might be inconvenient at the scene of a crime.”

Those are “voluntary acts.” My fingerprints are on file with the FBI because I once held a SECRET Clearance. And if you are a criminal, it probably behooves you to “wipe” your prints at the scene of your crime. But when you do something like give a DNA sample for the purposes of identifying your ancestry, that should not give law enforcement “license” to get your data. It now the same thing with the “event computer” in your car. The airbag system is constantly monitoring key vehicle parameters as you drive, and if there is a bag deployment, the system stores the data it has immediately prior to deployment. So now the cops are trying to subpoena this information in traffic accident investigations. But it’s the same story, you own that information, because you own the vehicle, and therefore it’s covered under 5th Amendment protections. But don’t worry, the next generation of on-board car computers will transmit vehicle data to the cops as you drive by.


47 posted on 11/19/2017 9:23:14 AM PST by vette6387
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To: sparklite2
Yeah, god forbid you should be implicated in a crime you did.

Or did not do.

A bunch of adoptees use this service to find out where they came from, at least in general.

48 posted on 11/19/2017 9:23:48 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: factoryrat

I have nothing to fear from the truth. It must suck going through life with a secret under wraps. People get paranoid like that...


49 posted on 11/19/2017 9:24:39 AM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Hospitals have been recording babies DNA for years.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/04/baby.dna.government/index.html

Bet they do the same every time your family physician orders a blood test or other lab test. Remember that flu shot? Where did the needle end up? And that cute little dental hygienist may have sent off your drool.

But I’m certainly not going to pay Ancestry.com $99 to give my DNA to whomever.


50 posted on 11/19/2017 9:25:07 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill
Besides, a DNA test doesn't even come close to giving you any information on who great-great grandpa was.

Mostly false. It will tell you a lot if others have tested and have a paper trail. A Y-DNA test will track your male surname back to the 1600s. Using that it's easy to piggyback off others who match your DNA.

Autosomal atDNA will track back 4-5 generations.

51 posted on 11/19/2017 9:25:50 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

They can get your DNA from many places if they want it. Having said that, I don’t have any inclination to put my DNA into the hands of 23andMe or any other company.


52 posted on 11/19/2017 9:26:03 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: sparklite2

Several years ago, I went into a Wells Fargo bank to cash a Wells Fargo $20 check. They wanted my finger print. That’s just one in a very long list of reasons I refuse to deal with those crooks.


53 posted on 11/19/2017 9:29:36 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: sparklite2

Most states require finger prints to renew drivers licenses.


54 posted on 11/19/2017 9:30:40 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill
"NSA probably thought up the scam and contracted with Ancestry.com."

It wouldn't be the first time US intelligence agencies
created phony companies to gather data or to do other things.

55 posted on 11/19/2017 9:31:06 AM PST by StormEye
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To: mowowie
Always thought handing over ones DNA to these stupid places was a bad idea.

Anyone who ever went through the process of becoming a federal employee or any former military personnel already knows that the fed-gov has their DNA, fingerprints photo and every other piece of personal information.

56 posted on 11/19/2017 9:35:36 AM PST by usurper ( version)
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To: Drango

No, it doesn’t. It does not give you the information on “who” your ancestor was. What was his personality? What were his beliefs? How did he raise his family? What church did he attend? What type house did he live in? You will never know who he was through DNA.


57 posted on 11/19/2017 9:36:49 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: vette6387

>>>There’s no such thing as deletion. Once in the system, always in the system. “

Hillary did it


58 posted on 11/19/2017 9:37:22 AM PST by jennychase
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To: bgill

There was a recent story about one of the VPs that got fired over the Wells Fargo brouhaha. He got mad about it and spilled the beans on the guy who fired him, who subsequently got fired too. Karma, baby.


59 posted on 11/19/2017 9:40:26 AM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: sparklite2
Yeah, god forbid you should be implicated in a crime you did.

What about being implicated in a crime you did not do? I would err on the side of privacy and being anonymous.

Years ago when working as an IT systems engineer, I and others were fingerprinted to continue having access to the computer mainframe facilities. We were told it would never be used against us nor handed over to authorities, it was only for authorizing access to rooms. Not too long after, managers were handing it over to police because of suspected theft. So, it was all a lie.

Let's say you had innocently placed your hand on something and left your fingerprint there. Then that object becomes an article implicated in a crime. Now you are a suspect in that crime, even though you are innocent. It happens, and causes grief to you should that happen. Possibly even false conviction and incarceration. I would be wary of those who say "Relax, you're perfectly safe and what are you worried about?".

60 posted on 11/19/2017 9:41:22 AM PST by roadcat
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