DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant 3 years later

Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by acollins1331 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:47PM (#20907485)

I wonder if there will ever be enough of a political pushback on this stuff to change anything? I feel like people that care about privacy and not having a dystopian government are always going to be the minority. What needs to happen for normal people to start to care?

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Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by robotron on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:57PM (#20907531)

It will have to occur to someone they care about or themselves. By then it will be too late.

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Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by kgwxd on Saturday September 07, 2019 @10:03PM (#20908120)

But that will only change the mindset of the person it directly affects, and only maybe. Somehow, it needs to become part of the system, by default, whether most people care about it or not. Once it's in place, any stray from that default needs to be met with instant backlash from within the system itself to keep it in position. It's a never ending fight.

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Re:DNA from cigarette leads to Dakota Access arrest warrant ... by anigbrowl on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:25PM (#20912345)

You could argue that the 'Green New Deal' touted by left-leaning members of Congress and some Presidential candidates is an (indirect) policy response vs the right's preferred approach of building more fossil fuel infrastructure.

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