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They used "crime scene" samples and what they are calling “abandoned” DNA from the suspect ("You leave your DNA in a place that is a public domain” they don't
by Maxious 8y ago
They used "crime scene" samples and what they are calling “abandoned” DNA from the suspect ("You leave your DNA in a place that is a public domain” they don't need a warrant?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/golden-state-killer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/golden-state-killer.ht...
- rgejman 8y agoI meant the access to commercial DNA databases. Looks like it’s been explained above.
- Spellman 8y agoNope. rummaging through the trash doesn't require a warrant.
- conanbatt 8y agoThis is more than that: it wasnt his dna, it was one of his relatives dna on the site that got him found. Im guessing that any relative has a right to divulge his dna and rat out a blood relative in a situation like this, but I doubt people actually consent to that use when they are looking at a genealogy site.
- paxys 8y agoWell one of the big uses of ancestry services is to find unknown relatives, so...yay?