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by jvanderbot 451 days ago
Faking DNA test results would be sci-fi nightmare come true. You could frame someone before they were arrested which would be ... Frightening. But even worse is invalidation of all DNA evidence because it is now easy to fake.

But that still seems like a minute possibility.

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23andme doesn’t check your identity at all, so you could just put in someone else’s name and submit your own saliva, and then.. go on a crime spree?
Whose credit card details are being used in this scenario?
A gift card from the gas station? Long ago we bought gifts for parents/grandparents and all they had to do was redeem a code.