Police Can Take your DNA during an Arrest

...or will it be the zombie apocalypse? Spare us the agony and just kill us now. Wait, is this the Gump version of the process? Keep up the mindless arrogance until everyone quits and you win.

 

I heard others say that one of the differences is because fingerprints are used almost exclusively for identification while DNA is used almost exclusively for investigation. I have heard crime scene technicians testify that fingerprints at a crime scene are exceptionally fragile and finding a usable print is very rare. DNA, on the other hand, is pretty hardy and can be found at almost any crime scene.

There's just something a little creepy about the government (or any other entity for that matter) having my DNA profile, especially if they got it because I was wrongly arrested.

While my knee jerk reaction is that it's an unwarranted extension of the 4th Amendment, it might be a tempest in a teapot. I'm fairly confident Louisiana has my fingerprints (and maybe the feds too, but that seems a little less likely) because I had to submit them for a background check when I took the bar. When my son is my age, having DNA on file may well be routine and his generation will be complaining about retinal scans or snot analysis or whatever the newest technology will be.

 

Prints are everywhere. They are fragile but fuming superglue makes them indestructible. The FBI has an entire unit just on taking and analyzing prints so they are definitely still valuable. But with improving sequencing technology DNA evidence is less labile than before.

Anyway, I don't see the big deal. What are people afraid of? Having a clone made?

 

Yeah, that's actually much more offensive to me. Being tracked on cell phones, security cameras, street cameras, etc.

 

Then you probably won't be buying a new Xbox One when it comes out, right?

http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/xbox-one-surveillance-privacy-always-on/

 

Dude, I'm 32 years old. No, I won't be.

But at the same time, I don't avoid cell phones etc, I just don't like it.

 

No offense intended at all. I know many 30+ year old gamers. And many others buy consoles for their kids.

My whole point is there is yet another product out there that apparently will be able to track us without our explicit permission. It's just that this one -- like Kyle's example, and yours for that matter -- aren't strictly governmental but can be used by the government. And now I'm waaaaaayyyy off topic.

 

Anyone want a urine sample? Open wide!

 

DNA is easy to get now a days yea?

Just have hot female cops and you would get loads of DNA..........