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That they falsely claimed multiple difficult-to-disprove origins makes this very interesting. How difficult would it be to falsify DNA evidence, given a set of
by larkeith 8y ago
That they falsely claimed multiple difficult-to-disprove origins makes this very interesting. How difficult would it be to falsify DNA evidence, given a set of good samples?
I could also see this being used to poison DNA records in databases like FamilyTreeDNA's, who collaborate with the FBI [1]. What services and databases allow for sending in samples of this type?
- dontbenebby 8y agoPoisoning DNA dbs would be an interesting culture jam. Kind of the biological equivalent of using a postage paid envelope from a credit card company to mail them your junk mail.
- hopler 8y agoCulture Jam was one of the delights of the 20th centuries that as fallen away. Of course now we have no need for culture jam in the common case of mass communications, as it has well jammed itself
- dontbenebby 8y agoCulture Jamming is alive and well[1] :) [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fake-editions-of-the-washington-post-handed-out-at-multiple-locations-in-dc/2019/01/16/1d6a0402-19a5-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fake-editions...