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    From Denis Beauregard@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 15 08:23:50 2019
    On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:37:36 +0000 (UTC), "-=Be4U=-"
    <[email protected]> wrote in soc.genealogy.misc:

    The move is sure to raise privacy concerns as law enforcement gains the ability to match DNA from crime scenes to a vast library of possible relatives.

    <https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/family-tree-dna-fbi-investigative-genealogy-privacy>

    Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry and locate relatives, is working with the FBI and allowing agents to search its vast genealogy database in an effort to
    solve violent crime cases, BuzzFeed News has learned.

    False.

    FBI never received a "free" access to the internal database of FTDNA.

    And any DNA laboratory can be used for this purpose if the police
    officer is doing it anonymously.


    Denis

    P.S. not forwarded to the conspirationist newsgroups...

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  • From Ian Goddard@21:1/5 to Denis Beauregard on Fri Feb 15 15:34:52 2019
    On 15/02/19 13:23, Denis Beauregard wrote:
    On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 04:37:36 +0000 (UTC), "-=Be4U=-"
    <[email protected]> wrote in soc.genealogy.misc:

    The move is sure to raise privacy concerns as law enforcement gains the ability to match DNA from crime scenes to a vast library of possible relatives.

    <https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/family-tree-dna-fbi-investigative-genealogy-privacy>

    Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry and locate relatives, is working with the FBI and allowing agents to search its vast genealogy database in an effort to
    solve violent crime cases, BuzzFeed News has learned.

    False.

    FBI never received a "free" access to the internal database of FTDNA.

    And any DNA laboratory can be used for this purpose if the police
    officer is doing it anonymously.



    Here's their own statement on it: https://blog.familytreedna.com/press-release-connecting-families-and-saving-lives/

    Ian

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