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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by jacquesm on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:01PM (#13887299)
I wrote about that five year ago.

https://jacquesmattheij.com/your-genetic-information-is-not-...

This problem will get larger and larger.

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Re:Police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge ... by FilterSweep on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:25PM (#13888262)
Good blog. it's not just law enforcement either.

Genetic testing reveals your father's line has the genes for severe alcoholism. You are now a "warm client" for advertisers.

And don't underestimate the social influence of targeted facebook/twitter ads.

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