Your DNA can now be pulled from thin air. Privacy experts are worried.
Technology focused on eDNA, Anna Lewis, a Harvard researcher said, could be used for surveillance of certain kinds of people.
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Technology focused on eDNA, Anna Lewis, a Harvard researcher said, could be used for surveillance of certain kinds of people.
New York Times: Wildlife scientists inadvertently hand authorities a 'powerful new tool'.
Environmental DNA research has aided conservation, but scientists say its ability to glean information about human populations and individuals poses dangers.
Testing pregnant people's blood to look at free-floating DNA can tell doctors about the health of the fetus. But these tests sometime turn up DNA that might be shed by cancerous cells.
The U.S. exit left thousands of Afghans in danger who say they were "blacklisted" and ineligible for visas despite having aided the United States.