Golden State Killer: the end of DNA privacy? Chips with Everything podcast

US investigators recently tracked down the suspect of a 40-year-old murder case after uploading DNA to a genealogy website.Jordan Erica Webber weighs up the pros of finding ancestors with the cons of selling privacySubscribe and review:Acast,Apple,Spotify,Soundcloud,Audioboom,Mixcloud. Join the discussion onFacebook,Twitter or email us at [e-mail].A former police officer called Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested in April in connection with a series of murders, rapes and burglaries attributed to an unknown assailant known as theGolden State Killer.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 11, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Jordan Erica Webber and produced by Danielle Stephens Tags: Technology DNA database Genealogy Genetics Science Biology Family US news California Privacy Data and computer security Internet Source Type: news