Nick isn't the only person who has concerns that the privacy aspects of giving over your DNA need to be addressed.
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DNA taken because of an arrest, even if that arrest proves to be an error, charges are dropped?
I think we all feel justice is served when DNA is used to locate a serial killer or a person on death row is released because the criminal who actually committed the crime is found... However, all you need to be falsely accused is to be in the wrong place at the right time. I've been following the Murder of four college students who attended University of Idaho which happened November 13, 2022. One neighbor who agreed to speak to the media soon had on-line crime speculations that he was the murderer. So after three or four interviews, he went to the police station and gave over his DNA to eliminate himself as a suspect. I feel certain that many people would prefer not to even chance talking to the media for reasons like this. Espinosa asks what about if you are on your cell phone within a mile area of a murder?
It's true that cell phones on you on the move keep pinging the towers and can be used to follow your moves. For the person who gets lost on a hike, this can be a life saver, but really, the younger generations have no idea what PRIVACY actually feels like. Those of us who had it, or far more of it, are also having a more difficult time finding those precious moments in which we can be truly alone with ourselves and our thoughts.
