The DHS has been harvesting DNA from Americans for years
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·September 24, 2025reaperducer
I liked the world better when the tinfoil hat people were wrong.
sschueller
The irony is that they didn't force people to give their DNA (except if you were arrested) but instead people willingly gave it and even paid for it.
If you think Bill Gates is going to implant a chip in your brain via a COVID vaccine you are mistaken. Once such tech exists (if ever) people will be lining up in queues and pay a lot of money to get it implanted.
slackfan
So back before we came out of the trees?
pfdietz
Have they ever encouraged people to submit DNA samples in order to identify criminal relatives? I could see this going over well with the law-and-order part of the population.
timcobb
This is a great call, these folks aren't devious or clever enough to understand that they can just ask...
pfdietz
Even more devious would be "submit DNA samples and we'll give you immunity from paternity lawsuits", since concerns over that might inhibit some.
potato3732842
Nobody who needs protection from a paternity lawsuit would fall for it.
null
California is ahead of the curve:
DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has access to it? - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-biobank-dna-babies-w...