And that kind of following around was what certain secret police forces did back in the day. And it was inefficient unless they already had a reason to spend manhours on you.

Now however the computer will do it, virtually for free, and then the hoard of data can be dug through for incriminating (or socially awkward) information.

I hold a copyright on my DNA.

No you don't, you are not the creator of it therefore have no claim to copyright. It is not an original work of authorship. You can have a patent on DNA but not on naturally occurring DNA according to the supreme court.

>you are not the creator of it therefore have no claim to copyright.

So his/her parents hold the copyright?

Overruled. I will charge 42M per minute to unauthorized copies of my DNA. My shadow ninjas will sneak into their vaults and take back every single strand of my DNA.

Which means what in context of this conversation?

That LinuxBender has a sense of humor

If anybody does (which they don't) it would probably be your biological parents, jointly.