[Maxious]

They used "crime scene" samples and what they are calling “abandoned” DNA from the suspect ("You leave your DNA in a place that is a public domain” they don't need a warrant?) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/golden-state-killer.ht...

[conanbatt]

This is more than that: it wasnt his dna, it was one of his relatives dna on the site that got him found.

Im guessing that any relative has a right to divulge his dna and rat out a blood relative in a situation like this, but I doubt people actually consent to that use when they are looking at a genealogy site.

[paxys]

Well one of the big uses of ancestry services is to find unknown relatives, so...yay?

[Spellman]

Nope. rummaging through the trash doesn't require a warrant.

[rgejman]

I meant the access to commercial DNA databases. Looks like it’s been explained above.