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by asperous 453 days ago
No singular person, it's more the value of having a large database. You visit a coffee shop, a stalker collects your dna from a fingerprint and uses the a leaked or sold database from 23andme to tie it to your identity or home address, etc.

Interestingly this also works if a direct relative has used it as well.

2 comments

Couldn’t they find you on facebook instead of sequencing your genome?
Does anyone under 40 have a non locked down or an undeleted Facebook account?
If a stalker already followed you into a coffee shop surely they have your name and address