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Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by lostlogin on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:39PM (#16942151)
That the relatives gave evidence unknowingly and that the DNA service was used quite differently to what it was designed for. A terrible person was caught in a clever, but sleazy way.
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Re:Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area ... by astura on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:21PM (#16944427)
The police used GEDMatch which is openly available and it says explicitly it's used for "researcher" and warns users that their genetic information is available to the public and they can't control what the public does with it.

People "unknowingly" give evidence to the police all the time. That's like complaining the police used information that someone blogged about to solve a crime.

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