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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by snowwrestler on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:13PM (#9077092)
You can't help revealing your whereabouts in public places by reflecting photons off your face or your license plate, and it is legal for police to photograph and record you in a public place without going to a judge.
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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:16PM (#9077112)
Right; but dna reveals more than who you are. It reveals details of your health, abilities and heredity. That can be considered more personal/private than just your name and address.

Personally I regard the issue as moot; dna identification is here and not going away.

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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by copsarebastards on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:42PM (#9077292)
Right, but there's no expectation of privacy in those cases.[1]

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

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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by hurin on Thursday February 19, 2015 @07:37PM (#9078215)
I'm not saying you are wrong as to the law, but if such a reasonable expectation does not exist then it's permissible for arbitrary third parties to analyze DNA from i.e. a discarded strand of hair - not only law enforcement.
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