(06-01-2023, 01:03 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(06-01-2023, 12:33 AM)xuenchen Wrote: GOOGLE: 23andme catching criminals
There is a third-party site that most law enforcement uses to solve cold cases, rather than going to the trouble of subpoenaing data from individual testing sites. I think it's Genomelink. They register as law enforcement and then upload the cold case DNA files for comparison against the other DNA files in the database there, no subpoena required. They do that to take advantage of the fact that the site collects data from a multitude of other testing sites, rather than producing it's own. it's like a one-stop shopping center.
Disclaimer: The Army put me in the DNA database about 40 years ago. Just think of all the millions and millions of recruits who have signed up since the DoD started mandating it.
Everything about everyone is for sale. Yeah ... somebody might have to subpoena one of those companies for their records, but the company gets to _bill_ the fuck out of 'em for it. If the information damages the reputation (ability to keep making money) they can sue the government for that too.
The phone companies do it (they're the worst BTW). Your car reports its location (discreetly). The banks and big corporations report on you. And, all of 'em are making bank off the tax payer's contributions to living in a well-regulated society.
If people were suddenly confronted, by all of what the government's got on anyone at any given time, there'd be anarchy. People are practically numbed Copper Tops burning themselves out supporting The Matrix.