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Posted on 12/8/18 at 2:45 pm to al_cajun
What are all of y'all? Cocaine slinging serial killers? You really the government gives two fricks about your DNA.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 2:48 pm to al_cajun
What did the frog find out from 23 & me?
That he was a tad polish.
That he was a tad polish.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 2:53 pm to Sampson
Posted on 12/8/18 at 2:53 pm to al_cajun
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Yeah they have used services like 23 and me to catch a couple old serial killers. The California murder rings a bell apparently one of his cousins or something did one of these and they were able to use his dna test to find the killer. While this is awesome they caught the guy it’s just weird that they are logging everyone to build a data base
You're wrong. They used an open source DNA database called GED (I think). People loading their DNA into it know ahead of time it is open source and can be used by anyone. The entire premise of this thread is wrong.
ETA:
NewOrleansBlend beat me to it.
Not quite. His relative uploaded their dna profile to gedmatch.com which is designed to make the dna profile available to anyone (goal is to find new family members). 23 and me doesn’t do that
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 2:54 pm to al_cajun
It’s a way for the “man” to get everyone’s DNA. The one identification that you have to volunteer for them to get and people are paying for the “man” to get their DNA. It’s insane. But I’m sure I’ll get downvoted to oblivion for common sense. Because “the government would never do that!”.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 3:26 pm to PeterPeterP
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It’s amazing to me how many Idiots submit their DNA to this kind of crap.
I mean, you'd be an idiot if the possible implications never occurred to you. The government already has my DNA on file and I found my biological family through 23andme. Something I had been unable to do for 30 years. Worth it to me. And if any serial killer family members are outed because of me, frick 'em. Don't be a serial killer.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 3:29 pm to al_cajun
Isn’t it owned by the Google founder or CEOs wife. That may even be worse.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 3:30 pm to al_cajun
My dna results came back with 0% African
It feels good to ace a test for once
It feels good to ace a test for once
Posted on 12/8/18 at 3:34 pm to el Gaucho
RH -?
Posted on 12/8/18 at 3:56 pm to NewOrleansBlend
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Not quite. His relative uploaded their dna profile to gedmatch.com which is designed to make the dna profile available to anyone (goal is to find new family members). 23 and me doesn’t do that
Well technically the site the family member uploaded to was meant to have DNA only accessible to people searching for their relatives. The investigator who “solved” the case in reality obtained the DNA under false pretenses.
I am pretty convinced the Ancestry.com DNA test is bogus. My results showed a large percentage of my heritage from being from somewhere I absolutely know for certain none of my family is originally from. I just have quite a few direct relatives living there for employment purposes, all of whom are in my ancestry.com family tree showing that as a current location. Which really leads me to believe they’re doing nothing more than spewing out percentages based off what you for the most part already knew.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 4:11 pm to al_cajun
Now they can plant dna evidence if need be.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 5:28 pm to CptBengal
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You're right.
In fact, if you read their legal disclosure they can sell your genetic print to anyone they want....morons
Do you have to give them your info? Can't you buy the test for cash at the store, set up a fake email, give them some bs name?
I'd actually like to know the info, but like the OP I've been very leery about just giving my data away (in fact actually paying for someone to collect my data
). Add to that the fact that the largest two companies have recently been caught either manipulating the data for political reason, or because they want it to seem more accurate than it is, and you have me highly doubting the efficacy of the tests.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 5:34 pm to al_cajun
I thought the feds had DNA on every single baby born since the 80s.
Anyway, it is an excellent way to get DNA.
Kinda like gun registration. They know where you’re living when the feds crack down.
Anyway, it is an excellent way to get DNA.
Kinda like gun registration. They know where you’re living when the feds crack down.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 5:38 pm to rmc
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scary abuses of the information
Abuse of power and info and government go hand in hand like swearing and manual labor.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 6:49 pm to al_cajun
I’m convinced those things are a scam
Posted on 12/8/18 at 7:09 pm to WhiteMandingo
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Between this shite and Alexa people love snitching themselves out.
Best post in a long time.
Remember that "glitch" where a family's Alexa recorded their conversations and emailed them to people in their contact list?
Never in a million years would I own one of those things.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 7:12 pm to SlapahoeTribe
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highly doubting the efficacy of the tests.
Woman sent in the DNA of her triplets and they didn't match, apparently these tests are diarrhea.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 7:23 pm to al_cajun
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Even though I don’t plan on committing a crime there is something weird to me about willingly giving them the info. Am I the only one who thinks it’s strange?
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In fact, if you read their legal disclosure they can sell your genetic print to anyone they want....morons
Then what’s the problem? What exactly do you think the govt is going to do with your DNA if you’re not a criminal?
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 12/8/18 at 8:30 pm to al_cajun
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