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> What can they do with the DNA other than checking crimes or mapping genomes? "Does your husband know that he is not the father?"-type blackmailing for exampl
by ls15 5y ago
> What can they do with the DNA other than checking crimes or mapping genomes?
"Does your husband know that he is not the father?"-type blackmailing for example.
Planting false DNA evidence on people could be a thing.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-kept-macron-distance-snubbing-covid-demands-sources-2022-02-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-kept-macron-dista...
> French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, to prevent Russia getting hold of Macron's DNA, two sources in Macron's entourage told Reuters.
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- cookieswumchorr 5y agoi can think of so many ways to get the visitor's DNA, like he will naturally lose some hair somewhere, or use the toilet, etc. Maybe the refusal is more a reaction to the mistrust implied in the request to take "their" Test
- ls15 5y agoGetting a data set with the DNA of almost all people in your state is a different beast though.