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Originally Posted by ossiblue
If your are referring to the recent capture of the "Golden State Killer", that DNA connection was obtained through a public, open source, DNA site from which anyone can find possible familial connections from its database of voluntarily submitted DNA profiles. People who use the site do it for a reason--to find others who have similar DNA profiles to locate relatives. Everyone who uses it is conducting a fishing expedition in a public "pond" of DNA profiles. In this case, the police went fishing in the pond as well.
It is not like 23AndMe and others where access to other profiles would require a warrant indicating there was already a suspect but confirmation was needed.
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Meant to post my comment on the Golden State Killer thread...