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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for May 7th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: DNA Privacy, This Week’s Social Media Privacy News Roundup and Remote Car Hacking.
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Hi everyone, I’m Tom Eston, Co-host of the Shared Security podcast. Welcome to the Shared Security Weekly Blaze where we update you on the top 3 security and privacy topics from the week. These weekly podcasts are published every Monday and are 15 minutes or less quickly giving you “news that you can use”.
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Have you thought about the privacy and security of your DNA? Well recently it was announced that the “Golden State Killer” suspect Joseph DeAngelo was arrested and is accused of 12 homicides, 45 rapes and more than 100 robberies that took place in California from 1976 through 1989. Investigators disclosed that the arrest was due to DNA information that was from an open source genealogy website called “GEDMatch”. Apparently, a distant relative of DeAngelo was found in the database which allowed law enforcement to pinpoint who the killer was through clues such as location, ethnicity and other characteristics. This brings into question that anyone who may have submitted their DNA test results to an open-source database like this could be used by others for more than just criminal investigations. I think it’s fascinating that even if you don’t submit your DNA to one of these services people that have some distant DNA relationship to you may already be in a database like this used to locate criminals.
This case has set off numerous discussions and debates to review the privacy policies of popular DNA testing companies such as 23andMe, MyHeritage and Ancestry.com. It’s important to note that all these companies require a court order for law enforcement in order to access DNA records, however, it does not stop someone from taking their own DNA records and importing it into a larger open-source database like the one used to find the Golden State Killer. In my opinion, your DNA records are extremely personal and are much more valuable than any other piece of personally identifiable information that may be out there about you. And while many different companies have sprung up recently that are in the business of building out family trees, it begs the question regar
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