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I wonder how long until someone creates a DNA site where you can upload your DNA, and then get a "reward" if yours is used to locate a suspect, with closeness o
by friedegg 7y ago
I wonder how long until someone creates a DNA site where you can upload your DNA, and then get a "reward" if yours is used to locate a suspect, with closeness of relation being worth more. The rewards could be paid for by the money they charge the law enforcement agencies to use the database. If the rewards were high enough, you'd probably get a lot of people signing up for the chance to make money off their relatives. Of course, you'd need some way to ensure people are only uploading their own DNA, but that's probably do-able if you handle the DNA samples directly.
- mc32 7y agoAh, the gamification of citizen law enforcement. What have we come to?
- friedegg 7y agoWe already have rewards for help solving some crimes, this just makes it more of a market. Participants could opt to have their rewards donated to charity. If I knew anything about DNA, I'd probably be very tempted to work on this.
- ryanlol 7y agoWhat we really need is some sort of a cyber-fatwa calling all valiant friends of freedom to kill those working on these sorts of surveillance systems without delay, no one shall infringe on the fundamental right to privacy. And whoever is killed in this cause shall be a martyr. Meanwhile, if someone has access to the authors of the surveillance systems but is incapable of carrying out the execution, they should inform the people so that the perpetrator is punished for his actions.
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- lostlogin 7y agoSwatting gamified the police in an even darker way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting
- dannykwells 7y agoJust add a little (overseas) vc money, a nebulous user agreement, and baby, you got a stew going!!