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AT: Supreme Court gives tacit approval for government to take anybody’s DNA
Antibody
Mar 02, 14:11
. . . that they can identify out in the open
professor smartbrain
Mar 02, 14:20
What is "open"? Any chair you sat is open. Any stamp you lick? Any air where you sneeze?
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Antibody
Mar 02, 14:28
just like they can facially ID you in public, or scan license plates on the highways. no reasonable expectation of privacy when you are out
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professor smartbrain
Mar 02, 17:11
No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy when you are In.
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National Security Agency (NSA)
Mar 03, 00:55
DNA is part of your body. The police need permission/warrant to obtain your DNA from your body. The whole outdoors is not a crime scene.
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Antibody
Mar 03, 09:31
By your logic, the police/govt can suck DNA particles out of the air and profile every citizen's DNA. The technology will soon be there.
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Antibody
Mar 03, 09:36
it's not my logic, it's the established Fourth Amendment jurisprudence for warrantless search & seizure
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professor smartbrain
Mar 03, 14:21
Wasn't there a movie about this? Gattaca or something like that?
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DTravel
Mar 02, 15:40