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Emmeran · 2013-06-13 07:30:01

“If an officer goes to your house on a burglary, they will swab a door handle and then they will ask, ‘Can we get a sample from the homeowner so we can eliminate them as the source?’ ” Muldoon said. “They say, ‘Sure.’ ”

The homeowner’s sample goes into the database, too, Muldoon said. In many jurisdictions, so would samples from others even briefly considered potential suspects.

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nfidelbastard · 2013-06-13 10:22:00

I get that DNA is the 21st century version of fingerprinting yet I'm still against this affront to privacy. What worries me more is what might happen in the near future
with such information. States already sell driver's license information. What's to stop them from selling the DNA information to insurance companies, employers or credit agencies?