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starts with a swab and an envelope. Millions of people use companies
like AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA, and Helix to sequence
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geographic location. ... Black people are particularly vulnerable: Our
DNA is disproportionately collected, stored, planted, and used against
us in criminal proceedings. Handing over such intimate information
heightens the risk for abuse.”While I see lots of results in the realm of home genetic testing, I don’t
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law enforcement appears to experience few barriers to access, even
when individuals do not wish to have their genetic data searched. As is
often the situation for privacy, technology has outpaced the law, but not
law enforcement.I also don’t see a lot of agency for people like you and me. A consequence
of “networked privacy” is that the actions of one person have
consequences for many others, willingly or not. I know it doesn’t matter
whether or not I buy a test. Someone in my family already surely has,
and therefore quite a bit of my genetic information is already out there,
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