Should Law Enforcement be allowed to use sites such like GEDMatch, 23andMe, Ancestry.com, etc. in order to solve cases? : PoliticalDiscussion

So, back in April, 2018, police used GEDMatch in order to catch one of the most infamous serial killers/rapists out there: The Golden State Killer. And since then, police started using GEDMatch to solve cold case rapes and murders solving 10-15 cases a month. But in May, 2019. GEDMatch decided to give users the choice whether or where or not they want Law Enforcement to have access to their DNA. They did this because they believed that it invaded users privacy. and out of the 1M users, only 250,000 agreed. Do you think that it invaded their privacy? I would say no because these people willingly put their DNA out there! They went from solving 10-15 cases a month to 2-3.

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