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Voluntary DNA sweeps have been upheld in the past. Especially if they're not stopping traffic, it's probably legal? (I am not a lawyer)

• pmiller2 8y ago
  Sure, but it’s not voluntary if it’s done fraudulently. Hypothetically, if the police or their agents were doing this and telling people it was a test for cancer, that might not hold up.
  • dontbenebby 8y ago
    >Sure, but it’s not voluntary if it’s done fraudulently. The police are allowed to lie to you to get you to consent to a search. (The most common example is claiming they could search w/o consent but you agreeing makes it "easier")
    • pmiller2 8y ago
      Violating the privacy of multiple non-suspects is a search? None of the people in the article seem to be under suspicion, yet their DNA is being collected under the pretense of a “cancer test.” Police can lie to suspects, but they don’t get to violate the rights of (presumed) innocent people.