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Re: [privacy] States Hand Over the DNA of Newborns to DHS

From: "Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:26:44 -0500

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com>
wrote:

The IRS and the phone company has been harvesting DNA for even longer.
 DNA
can be obtained from a licked stamp or envelope flap! How do we know that
our DNA hasn't been added to a database using our mailed in tax returns
and
monthly phone bills. ;-)



 Wouldnt it be fun to swab the mouth of your dog and mix that with a little
water to wet that stamp for the monthly bills?

:)

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