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Twist on DNA Privacy
ConfusedVorlon writes "The BBC is reporting the conviction of a man for the murder of a prostitute 15 years ago. The interesting twist is that his DNA was not on record - 'But it partly match[ed] that of a youth's who was known to the police - but who had not been born at the time of the murder. The teenager, it turned out, was a close relative of [the murderor].' There has been concern in the past at the idea of keeping DNA of those interviewed but not charged with crimes. I haven't previously heard of the privacy implications of being related to a criminal/suspect. If you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to fear?"
You, out of the pool!
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...some of you are not reading the article first.
You must be new here. Welcome!
And I guess that there might be a spate of people knocking off their relatives too; just to be safe.
They can pry my DNA from my cold dead hands.
Your terms are acceptable. DNA aquisition will commence after a 12 cooling period.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
It wasn't until my girlfriend came in and said she was with me and that I wasn't doing it, that I got off. It was all because the next door neighbor girl was jealous of my having a girlfriend.
You're posting on Slashdot, expecting our sympathy for a story that hinges on you having a girlfriend???
Quis metamoderunt ipses metamoderatores?