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Police are now using Predictive Family Genotyping to Generate Suspect Images Worldwide

People should know that if they send their DNA to a consumer-facing company, their genetic information could easily fall into the hands of law enforcement to be used in criminal investigations against them or their genetic relatives. None of this data is covered by federal health privacy rules in the United States.

According to Greytak, the technology now rolling out worldwide, creates a composite image by running the suspect’s DNA through machine learning models that are built on thousands of people’s DNAs and their corresponding appearances.

They then post a picture of the “suspect”. Here’s mine (courtesy of WayneBGood who also has a kickass substack you should check out here: WayneBGood's Stack ) The resemblence is uncanny and further serves to underscore the seriousness of this new threat!

“Whereas the conventional use of DNA profiling was primarily aimed at the individual suspect, more recently a shift of interest in forensic genetics has taken place, in which the population and the family to whom an unknown suspect allegedly belongs, has moved center stage,” researchers led by anthropologist Amade M’charek wrote in a study titled “The Trouble With Race in Forensic Identification.” “Making inferences about the phenotype or the family relations of this unknown suspect produces suspect populations and families.”

Police are using DNA to generate 3D images of suspects they’ve never seen

“Many members of the public that see this generated image will be unaware that it’s a digital approximation, that age, weight, hairstyle, and face shape may be very different, and that accuracy of skin/hair/eye color is approximate,” Schroeder said.

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

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