Fascist dystopia, we greet you

The Trump administration on Friday issued a proposal to expand its DNA and other biometric data collection of immigrants to include citizens sponsoring them.

In a document published on the Federal Register, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed that “any applicant, petitioner, sponsor, beneficiary, or individual filing or associated with an immigration benefit or request, including United States citizens, must appear for biometrics collection without regard to age unless DHS waives or exempts the biometrics requirement.”

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Andrea Flores, deputy director of immigration policy for the American Civil Liberties Union, called the new expansion an “unprecedented” level of data collection.

"Collecting a massive database of genetic blueprints won't make us safer — it will simply make it easier for the government to surveil and target our communities and to bring us closer to a dystopian nightmare," Flores said in a statement on Sept. 2.

  The Hill

We're in one already, Andrea.  It's just the initial stages.

Hopefully the ACLU will file a lawsuit.

Next level hacking

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Of course they are

And any and all companies that hold a bank of information on people are subject to FBI subpoenas and inquiries. 

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

CIA Funding for Cosmetics?

SKINCENTIAL SCIENCES [maker of beauty product Clearista] [...] has also attracted interest and funding from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Skincential Sciences developed a patented technology that removes a thin outer layer of the skin, revealing unique biomarkers that can be used for a variety of diagnostic tests, including DNA collection.

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Despite the association with computer and satellite technology, In-Q-Tel also maintains a long-running interest in developing advanced genetic analysis, biological technologies for detection and diagnostics, as well as research into what is known as physiological intelligence, which, in a 2010 article, the fund described as “actionable information about human identity and experience that have always been of interest to the Intelligence Community.”

The article, which is no longer available on the fund’s website but is preserved by a cache hosted by the Internet Archive, argues that advances in medical research into biomarkers can be leveraged by intelligence agencies for a variety of uses, from airport security to next-generation identification tools.

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The CIA fund approached [Russ Lebovitz, the chief executive of Skincential Sciences], telling him the fund shares an interest in looking at DNA extraction using the method pioneered by Skincential Sciences, according to Lebovitz.

Beyond that, Lebovitz said he was unsure of the intent of the CIA’s use of the technology, but the fund was “specifically interested in the diagnostics, detecting DNA from normal skin.” He added, “There’s no better identifier than DNA, and we know we can pull out DNA.”

Perhaps law enforcement could use the biomarker extraction technique for crime scene identification or could conduct drug tests, Lebovitz suggested.

  The Intercept

Or develop a product that targets certain types of DNA?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Don't Go There

A Canadian dentist is hoping to clone John Lennon using DNA from one of the singer’s rotten teeth. Michael Zuk, who bought Lennon’s molar at a 2011 auction, has begun sequencing the former Beatle’s DNA – the first step in a process set out by scientists who propose to clone a woolly mammoth.

  Raw Story

Rumors circulated for years about cloning JFK, and they had a lot more than rotten teeth.

Let’s say you could do that. Is there no legal requirement in place that you have to have the permission of the person you’re cloning? Who owns your remains anyway?