"Genetic testing has become sufficiently cheap and fast that companies like 23andMe and Ancestry have sprung up to offer consumer genetic testing services. That means millions of people have copies of their genetic profiles sitting on a server someplace for the first time, and police have taken notice. A Florida court has set a potentially troubling precedent by allowing police to access one of these online databases in full, even if users opted out of law enforcement searches."
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Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
Briquette, 1992 - 2008 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
Just another reason why I won't do that crap.
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
I wouldn't do it before, and never will,,,Losbot wrote:Just another reason why I won't do that crap.
Briquette, 1992 - 2008 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
...just wait for the insurance companies to get that data and use it for health/disease cost tiers...
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
Endless possibilities,,, don't need it!b-man1 wrote:...just wait for the insurance companies to get that data and use it for health/disease cost tiers...
Briquette, 1992 - 2008 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
I'm sure we'll see the insurance companies pick this up under the guise of a "Wellness program."
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
Don't give them ideas!Err wrote:I'm sure we'll see the insurance companies pick this up under the guise of a "Wellness program."
Briquette, 1992 - 2008 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
We were already fooled by the wellness program where I work. We didn't have to give DNA samples, but we had to log our doctor's visits and other activity in order to get a discount of the insurance. After 3 or so years of this, the discount was dropped. Now all we get for logging our activity is a drawing to win some BS. I stopped participating after the discount was ended. I realized that the discount was really the insurance company's way of buying my data.darcy wrote:Don't give them ideas!Err wrote:I'm sure we'll see the insurance companies pick this up under the guise of a "Wellness program."
Re: Court Allows Police Full Access to Online Genealogy Database
Dayem.Err wrote:We were already fooled by the wellness program where I work. We didn't have to give DNA samples, but we had to log our doctor's visits and other activity in order to get a discount of the insurance. After 3 or so years of this, the discount was dropped. Now all we get for logging our activity is a drawing to win some BS. I stopped participating after the discount was ended. I realized that the discount was really the insurance company's way of buying my data.darcy wrote:Don't give them ideas!Err wrote:I'm sure we'll see the insurance companies pick this up under the guise of a "Wellness program."
Briquette, 1992 - 2008 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.