'There's No Going Back'

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today: the unexpected story of how family history websites have been used by law enforcement to track down suspects and win convictions — and why retroactive regulation won’t be able to reverse the trend. Guest: Heather Murphy, a reporter at The New York Times who spoke with CeCe Moore, a genetic genealogist, and Curtis Rogers, a creator of the genealogy website GEDMatch. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Today, we revisit Part 2 of our series on genetic privacy. If you’d like to catch up on the full story, make sure to listen to Part 1 as well.Do you think your DNA profile is private? A warrant granted by a judge in Florida could open up all consumer DNA sites for use by law enforcement agencies across the country.At a conference this fall, “rockstars” of the DNA industry and top law enforcement officers grappled with how to regulate the use of genetic material in policing. They also practiced solving murders together.Here’s how to protect yourself if you take a genetic test at home.

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0:25.6	Hey, it's Michael.
0:31.8	This week we're revisiting our favorite episodes of the year, listening back and hearing
0:37.3	what's happened since the first round.
0:40.3	Today, the unexpected story of how genetic databases are being used by law enforcement.
0:48.2	It's Friday, December 27.
0:52.2	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.
0:54.6	This is the Daily.
0:57.0	This is really too good for just my little Roger Surnin group.
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1:05.0	We know this suspect kidnapped her, but we don't know who she is.
1:09.2	Could we in fact identify somebody who had no clue who she was when all we really would
1:14.5	have is her DNA?
1:15.7	My concerns were that there could be a violation of privacy.
1:18.7	Police's case basically laid the groundwork for where everything's going now.
1:22.9	It's like when they first discovered that fingerprints could be used.
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