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ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m glad they collect dna from newborns. This protects people’s identities. My dna was collected at birth, as was the dna of my babies at birth. It really is in everyone’s best interests.
EasternLettuce@lemm.ee 7 months ago
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well, I am related Jimmy Carter, but I’m on the Catholic side of the family tree. I doubt the feds even like me. Thanks for the downvote, though.
FireTower@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pretty sure he meant that satirically
workerONE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How does it protect people’s identities?
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think it would help in cases like this one, where a man stole another man’s identity and posed as him for years. The person who had his identity stolen was sent to mental hospitals and labeled as crazy until he could prove who he really was. With dna taken at birth, there is a record of who you are from day one, and you won’t have to fight so many legal battles to prove otherwise. Identity theft is scary.
thegazette.com/…/former-university-of-iowa-hospit…
workerONE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t think the government will use this info to help people who are victims of identity theft. You really believe that? The DMV is going to do generic testing when you apply for an ID?
This is just overreaching and collecting too much information on too many people, just in case they find a need for it later.
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No, the DMV takes fingerprints. Your fingerprints are also collected at birth, too. When my children were born, the nurses even took their footprints, too. I got to keep a copy of each of their footprints. I think documentation is in everyone’s best interests.