3 ms·
I would think that police would need a warrant from every person that hits on the the database, not just the targets, but every person whose DNA is included in
by jijji 7y ago
I would think that police would need a warrant from every person that hits on the the database, not just the targets, but every person whose DNA is included in such a database. If there are 50 million records of DNA included in the database, they would need 50 million warrants and show cause, otherwise its a violation of the fourth amendment.
- ltbarcly3 7y agoYou would be wrong about that. The police don't need a warrant to collect evidence left out in plain site. If you upload your DNA profile for people to match DNA profile's with, then the police are legally allowed to match DNA against it. Requiring a warrant for this would be like requiring the police to get a warrant to look at the photos people upload to facebook.
- tantalor 7y agoWhether it's in plain sight depends on whether subjects consented to the search.
- ltbarcly3 7y agoWhat? Plain sight means they could see it without even performing a search at all. Unless you are just saying that they only claim something was in plain sight as a lie when the person doesn't consent and they do the search anyway?
- shawnz 7y agoIt does not show the profile "in plain sight". It only shows it to users who are potential relatives, and the TOS indicates that you may not submit others' DNA as your own when applying.
- jijji 7y agopretty soon when the technology exists to read minds remotely, police will have an equally efficient and less intrusive way to find suspects, similar to this... if we treat our DNA like public photographs, its only a matter of time before we treat our mind like public photographs...
- rangibaby 7y ago> Requiring a warrant for this would be like requiring the police to get a warrant to look at the photos people upload to facebook. That’s actually not a bad idea
- mlyle 7y agoIn general, you don't upload your DNA to provide it to everyone else to match with; you upload it to a broker who seeks to connect you with other relevant people who have provided their DNA according to site policy. And you certainly don't upload it for other users to download it willy-nilly after a match.
- nitwit005 7y agoWhile it hasn't gone through court, I doubt most judges would see submitting DNA to some company to potentially get matches back as being "in plain sight". There is an intended limit on who can see it. Ancestry.com let's you fully disable matches if you want.