What if you could walk into a room with a small handheld vacuum and in a few minutes gather up the DNA of everybody who’d been there recently?
That said, if I’ve learned anything from tech reporting, it’s that something doesn’t have to be feasible or demonstrable to be profitable.
But what about my “DNA vacuum in the locker room” scenario? Is anything stopping a future fan or stadium employee from attending a game with a device of this sort and getting their hands on the DNA of LeBron James or Serena Williams or Katie Ledecky?Sonia Suter But in my scenario with the vacuum, you wouldn’t even have to do that. You could simply be in the same space as your target and gather the sample you need. This possibility already worries privacy advocates as forensic techniques get more and more sensitive. We all shed DNA constantly; every time you move through a space, you’re likely leaving behind traces of yourself.
Most direct-to-consumer DNA companies require you to affirm that you have the consent of the person whose DNA you are sending. Of course, not everybody follows those rules. And Suter pointed out all kinds of challenges in truly keeping this from happening: the differing laws in different states , the difficulty of tracing the sample back to the source, the emergence of DIY DNA labs.
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