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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by ig1 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @07:52AM (#23926325)
Most law enforcement typically use a handful of commercial agencies (like Parabon NanoLabs, etc) for these kind of searches, it seems highly unlikely that any of them would risk using illegally obtained data because it would put their entire business at risk.

(obviously if your threat model includes intelligence agencies, etc. then your calculus might be different)

Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by monadic2 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @01:19PM (#23929696)
Honestly all I see is upside for the business.
Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by jacquesm on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:21AM (#23927062)
And of course law enforcement has never before used illegally obtained evidence to construct a new trail that was plausible:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by ig1 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:23PM (#23929006)
It's not about law enforcement using the data, it's about the viability of running a business that provides illegal hacking services for law enforcement.
Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by JetSpiegel on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @07:27PM (#24066733)
Works for Hacking Team and NSO.