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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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