Popular DNA testing company admits to sharing data
 

“would help law enforcement agencies solve violent crimes faster than ever.”

Something tells me those committing violent crimes are not too preoccupied with their "genealogy" or using such services anyways... :lmao:

https://themindunleashed.com/2019/02...Ubx8SQ8Icd2qCk

I think it’s not the perpetrators themselves but their relatives (innocent) who might be using these DNA testing sites.

The cops may find dna samples in crimes scenes that could have familial matches with those relatives.

True. Of course on the front page of their website it says the following:

OUR COMMITMENT
“We won’t share your DNA
We believe your DNA belongs to YOU and only you . . . period. For that reason, we will never sell your DNA to third parties.

Can the other guys say that?”

One has to read the fine print where by you consent... Most people don’t read the fine print.

What if they didn't SELL the DNA but gave the Feds FREE access? :)

From a personal security standpoint, anyone who has their DNA tested by one of the online services is at best uninformed. I am being incredibly polite here folks. The juice is not worth the squeeze.
Tom

Popular DNA testing company admits to sharing data
 

Tom - I love the comment, “the juice is not worth the squeeze”, gonna use that

Back in the day there were such concepts as warrants and subpoenas... These days it seems the norm for governmental and private companies such as our giant tech Google, Facebook, etc to sift through your phone calls, emails, genetic lineage, compile profiles built on online activity, scanning your privates at airports, strip searches etc. No such thing as privacy. It is not a secret that the tech companies are sharing data with third parties including the government.

The question I have is What exactly have we done so wrong to be treated like that? :scratch2: Better yet, where does this all end, with a micro-chip being inplanted in every adult and born child so we can be cataloged, analyzed and tracked every minute of our lives? At some point there should be a serious discussion taking place where the line is drawn lest we are willing to completely submit ourselves to full scrutiny and mind control.

Serge, all these ‘free’ services come at a personal cost - Google, Facebook, etc. all make money by selling your data.

I use a VPN, TOR, and DuckDuckGo to anonymize my internet use to the greatest extent possible. Unfortunately there are no similar protections for mobile phone service subscribers- but hopefully there will be “do not track” legislation passed soon.

The TSA is another discussion entirely. :(

Tom, while those tools may help somewhat, in my mind they are just a band-aid against the chainsaw cuts which will only all get deeper and deeper. in all honesty I'm "only" in my early 50's but am already sick and tired of the "modern" world...

To be viewed as nothing more than a package they must collect taxes from on multiple levels, track your interests and online activity, read your emails, analyze you with their "algorithms" and package you out to third parties which will in turn haunt you with ads and try to sell you goods.

Your phone can be hacked and you are subject to being eavesdropped on, your camera can be hacked, people install the "innocent" Amazon Echo "Alexa" and Google home assistant which supposedly do not record your private home conversations but have been subpoenaed in certain cases so evidently they do record!

I'm disgusted by the "opinion journalism" every time I turn on the TV, to be told what to think and how to feel, even the late night shows have become biased and opinionated when all I want is some comedy.... :no:

The government requesting the tech companies to comply with their invasion of privacy, to allow them back door entrance to all your devices and on top of it all to be hacked and put the world's most powerful hacking tools in the hands of hackers! Yes, that happened!

I am all for the government agencies being able to deploy the most advanced technology to catch and apprehend evil in this world but not "Carte Blance" approach at the expense of invasion of everyone's privacy. :no:

All this technology sounds amazing but it is clearly being used in ways that in retrospect will make us all regret it...

Well, that's my rant for the day and I do have to say, lately the thoughts of moving to Chile and raising Alpaca in peace and quiet away from the modern world sure sounds more and more appealing. :D

https://www.alpacas4u.co.nz/cms/imag...nnas_Rules.jpg