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At this point, particularly as a matter of principle, I think it’s better to pull your DNA profile out of the system, and request that it be destroyed.
by Overtonwindow 7y ago
At this point, particularly as a matter of principle, I think it’s better to pull your DNA profile out of the system, and request that it be destroyed.
- devinjflick 7y agoThat may not be enough. >Asked if there was evidence the database had already faced concerted attacks, scraping, or scanning, Rogers said, “I don’t want to get into it.” >“Not that I am aware of,” he added. “I don’t know.” >Rogers declined to comment on whether he’d been approached by national security officials about the site. Good luck trying to destroy a digital record at this point. Edit, Referenced: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614642/dna-database-gedmatch-golden-state-killer-security-risk-hack/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614642/dna-database-gedma...
- beerandt 7y agoHe's already been busted lying about providing access when it was against policy. After being in the bad position of not having a policy for police requests, he set a policy then almost immediately broke it. I think policy was only for a murder, and he personally approved access for a non-lethal stabbing, or something similar.