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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by Retra on Thursday February 19, 2015 @09:37PM (#9078587)
You can absolutely expect certain kinds of privacy in a public space. (Like with up-skirt photos, for instance?) The question that needs to be resolved is if collecting DNA violates people's privacy in an unreasonable manner. I think this really falls back on the question of what harm you can do to someone with their DNA.

The EFF apparently feels that you could do quite a bit of harm with it, if not today, then very soon. To me, it seems just about as bad as stalking someone.

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Re:EFF to Supreme Court: The Fourth Amendment Covers DNA Col... by snowwrestler on Saturday February 21, 2015 @10:37PM (#9088117)
> You can absolutely expect certain kinds of privacy in a public space. (Like with up-skirt photos, for instance?)

I upvoted you, but I'll say for the record: this is an excellent point.

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