FBI accessing DNA data from genealogy company

[JGalt]

Looks like a whole lot of cold cases are fixin' to be solved.

"Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry and locate relatives, is working with the FBI and allowing agents to search its vast genealogy database in an effort to solve violent crime cases, BuzzFeed News has learned.

Federal and local law enforcement have used public genealogy databases for more than two years to solve cold cases, including the landmark capture of the suspected Golden State Killer, but the cooperation with Family Tree DNA and the FBI marks the first time a private firm has agreed to voluntarily allow law enforcement access to its database..."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...-tree-dna-fbi-investigative-genealogy-privacy

 

[H B Lowrie]

Yup. The state and corporations uniting to bring you fascism.

 

[Manonthestreet]

How to kill your business 101

 

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[Natural Citizen]

I'm pretty sure we had reports of this a few years back with other family dna companies. Ancestry.com, for example, was sharing this data.

The rub about it is we have innocent members of your family technically being investigated who have commintted no crime just by the fact that their name and data is in there in the mix.

Keep asking the government for that national id because mexicans and see wha tit gets yas. Heh heh.