DNA Testing Basics

[Ninurta]

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.

So true. About 45 years ago, I was made aware (due to a "visit" from the men in the gray flannel cammies) that the FBI was already maintaining a file on me. In the intervening years, they've had a bonanza if information, and an explosion of technology to keep track of it all, so I've no doubt that I've got a book-length file in multiple databases by now.

They've got fingerprints, DNA, and observational data by this point, but not likely much in the way of dental or medical records, since I've studiously avoided doctors and dentists like the plague on society they have become. That's all about to change, apparently, but hell, I'mm too old to give a fuck about it now. It's not like I can go Rambo on their asses any more if they come, but on the other hand, there's really no reason for them to come at my age and state of health. All they've gotta do at this point is wait me out until I stop breathing. It's ALL low-impact for me these days, and "they" already know that. I've no doubt it's "in the file".

Maybe when I shuffle off, they'll make a movie from the book they've got by now.

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