Grandpa sewed some oats before he got with your grandma? That's his business, not his relatives'.
It's hard to argue that a criminal's rights are being violated if he's found out through a DNA database, but the privacy ramifications overall of them are really unfortunate. The world is moving to a place where your biometrics are on the record, and the government can use them to hunt you down (see also, Global Entry, fingerprinting people who work with kids, Real ID, speed cameras, etc.).
I really don't like that we're being surveilled by default now. It's even creepier when there's now an administration in power that has no respect for prior norms and a long list of perceived enemies.
I don't like a lot of the things you mentioned, but I do like some of them.
I like that you have to be Live Scanned to be an EMT or work with children. You aren't forced to do those jobs and they do require a higher level of trust. The FBI opened its fingerprint database a century ago now, and it's been used for a lot of good and I'm sure some bad. But more good?
bsimpson|9 months ago
Grandpa sewed some oats before he got with your grandma? That's his business, not his relatives'.
It's hard to argue that a criminal's rights are being violated if he's found out through a DNA database, but the privacy ramifications overall of them are really unfortunate. The world is moving to a place where your biometrics are on the record, and the government can use them to hunt you down (see also, Global Entry, fingerprinting people who work with kids, Real ID, speed cameras, etc.).
I really don't like that we're being surveilled by default now. It's even creepier when there's now an administration in power that has no respect for prior norms and a long list of perceived enemies.
conradev|9 months ago
I like that you have to be Live Scanned to be an EMT or work with children. You aren't forced to do those jobs and they do require a higher level of trust. The FBI opened its fingerprint database a century ago now, and it's been used for a lot of good and I'm sure some bad. But more good?
burningChrome|9 months ago
I remember watching GATTACA and thinking how depressing it was in 1997. Its been less than 30 years and we're already here.
yawnxyz|9 months ago