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Bringing criminals to justice is a positive outcome. Negative outcomes include: 1. Racist people persecuting people based on their ancestry, as determined fro
by mleonhard 6y ago
Bringing criminals to justice is a positive outcome.
Negative outcomes include:
1. Racist people persecuting people based on their ancestry, as determined from DNA data.
1. Police performing incorrect DNA database searches and falsely accusing people of crimes. Example: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-father-took-an-at-home-dna-test-his-son-was-falsely-accused-of-murder https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-father-took-an-at-home-d...
1. Police misconstruing DNA evidence and falsely accusing people of crimes. For example, a person's DNA can appear at a crime scene if they rode in a Lyft before a perpetrator.
1. Criminals extorting parents of sperm-donor children: Pay us or we'll reveal to your kids that he's not their dad.
1. Criminals extorting unfaithful parents: Pay us or we'll tell him that the kid isn't his. Pay us or we'll tell her about the child born from your affair. Pay us or we'll tell your religious group about your child born not to your spouse.
1. Criminals extorting people about their expected health outcomes: Pay us or we'll tell the shareholders about your 50% chance of getting disease X in the next 5 years. Pay us or we'll tell her that you're likely infertile. Pay us or we'll tell your kid that they will probably die by age 30.
1. Criminals extorting folks who have changed their identities: asylees, stalking victims, protected witnesses, etc.
1. Oppressive governments persecuting relatives of escaped asylees: Your brother who disappeared actually went to country X. We can't punish him so we're punishing you.