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Re:DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has a... by jjeaff on Sunday May 13, 2018 @02:34PM (#17060257)
Doesn't sound like propaganda to me. Seems clear. When samples for out to researchers, they only get the sample and no way to look up who it belongs to.

However, officials who have access to the registry could obviously look you up. Hopefully there are controls in place to keep those same officials from having samples tested, but 8 doubt it.

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Re:DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has a... by shanghaiaway on Sunday May 13, 2018 @08:51PM (#17061919)
Not clear at all. FUD. The existence of this registry is never mentioned in the article which makes it sound like samples are unidentifiable.
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Re:DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has a... by jjeaff on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:19AM (#17063148)
Ya, not clear if you didn't read it. The article clearly talks about the registry. It says that the registry is stored in a separate building from the samples.
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Re:DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has a... by shanghaiaway on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:49AM (#17064961)
Makes no difference whatsoever.
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