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California Initiative to Expand DNA Database

Posted by michael on from the we-promise-it-will-only-be-used-for-good dept.

vervais_sucks writes "A California attorney is personally bankrolling, to the sum of $1.3m, an initiative to require law enforcement to take DNA samples of every person they arrest for a felony." The (lengthy) initiative is available here (search for DNA on the page).

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  1. Re:Question by Dun+Malg · · Score: 0, Redundant
    But would it be possible to store a hash of a person's DNA?

    As another poster noted, they'd only record the CODIS score of one's DNA, which is essentially a hash. That being the case, It's probably not as big a deal as people are making it out to be.

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