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Is anyone worried by this? I know I am. I don't like the idea of having my DNA on file. It feels wrong to me, as if it's no longer 'innocent until proven guilty'.

I'm also wondering about the viability of it, and would expect that it will be another governmental IT disaster, probably by bloody EDS again.
 
PsiFox said:
Happy to donate my DNA if required.
I have nothing to hide.
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In that case you wouldn't mind insurance companies accessing the DNA database or for that matter any other organisation that MPs would vote for?

I would be worried at any mass-DNA database for the simple fact that governments always screw up these projects so I wouldn't want mine on file when it does go wrong.
 
who said your innocent till proven guilty? after all if its a serious crime they keep you in jail until the court case is done.

But as for DNA they can have mine on file, i ain't planning on committing any crimes.
 
Jeez it's only my DNA. If I am likely to be told I might get cancer later in life, well the only difference would be I've been told in advance.

So what, donating DNA will not change my life and if an efficiently run database can cut the number of sex offenders and criminals then I'm all for it.
 
"But I'm innocent!"

"Computer says noooo..."

With the amount of errors so far embedded in this insidious database, just you try telling plod that you are not that psychotic axe murderer that they've been hunting for for the last 8 years. Who're they going to believe?
Computers and databases are infallible, right?
About as fallible as the data entry monkeys who write the damn things. If they have the same calibre of employee who seems to work for my local council then it's not surprising to see the lack of confidence in the scheme go from strength to strength, compounding its own erroneousness.
 
jumpy said:
"But I'm innocent!"

"Computer says noooo..."

With the amount of errors so far embedded in this insidious database, just you try telling plod that you are not that psychotic axe murderer that they've been hunting for for the last 8 years. Who're they going to believe?
Computers and databases are infallible, right?
About as fallible as the data entry monkeys who write the damn things. If they have the same calibre of employee who seems to work for my local council then it's not surprising to see the lack of confidence in the scheme go from strength to strength, compounding its own erroneousness.
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Then a retest of a new sample compared to evidence from the crime scene would prove negative.
 
And in the mean time you get to know 'Bubba' on first name terms... no thankyou. Besides, who's going to double check the bazzillion to one chance that you have the same dna as the real criminal? If the authorities believe they have their man and all of their high tech database evidence tells them so, what need is there for a second opinion?
I suppose it's the reliance on technology to do our thinking for us that makes me the most nervous... The DVLA thought I owned a car that had no tax on it and were determined to do me for it, because their computers told them so; and that's far less of an issue than being charged with an offence that could land you a stretch at her majesty's pleasure. Unsettling, very.
 
I'm worried a little bit, but only because big commercial companies could gain access to it and spam us with crap and other things i dread to think.

Then on the right hand it'll help with all the crimes that go unsolved due to lack of DNA etc.
 
I like to think that many things are logged. I like to log information as it allows me to refer to it when I want to (for instance if I were to analyse the information at some point I could use it, and comment upon it).

If I had the desire at a younger age I would have wanted to log all food intake of myself as this is something that would appeal to me. I think that having an information database of this size is very interesting.

It will help in crimes (the solving of them) which is a good thing also.

Angus Higgins
 
I have no problem with it at all, used to work for the DNA database and as a result my DNA is on file and will be for a good few years (contamination procedures etc)

Every single step of the analysis process is done by pairs of technicians and verified at each step so the chances of mistakes are reduced somewhat.
 
Well they don't destroy your finger prints if they take them either do they ? so whats that old guy complaining about?

Still I'd rather not, purely because I don't know whether I'm ever going to be involved in anything illegal, so its best to be sure :)
 
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