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Episode: Cops Get a Tool For Family Tree Sleuthing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Description: A new way of gathering DNA samples may make it easier to trace the ancestry of potential criminals, and it may crack open cold cases. But it’s making privacy advocates very uneasy. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/cops-are-getting-a-new-tool-for-family-tree-sleuthing/.
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