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Family DNA Privacy is at risk with pleas from commercial DNA collection groups wanting you to give them free rein over your DNA to allow it to be shared with law enforcement. One could be responsible for a family member getting locked up or worse yet yourself implicated in something you have now knowledge of. I know personally that my DNA is in the national database from my active military days. I knew what I signed up for, but what about you? Will your DNA test end up getting your family member locked up to solve an outstanding crime?
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Show Notes:
* 30:47–Rare disintegrating asteroid (https://www.space.com/rare-disintegrating-asteroid-hubble-photo.html)
* Apple appears to be loosening its grip on iPhone, Mac repairs (https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-appears-to-be-loosening-its-grip-on-iphone-mac-repairs/#ftag=CAD590a51e)
* 32:15–What is Kodi and how does it work? (https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-is-kodi/)
* Worried about your iPhone security?  (https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/iphone-make-face-id-secure/)
* 33:34–Lyft to cruise on Wall Street (https://www.cnet.com/news/lyft-to-cruise-onto-wall-street-with-stock-market-debut/#ftag=CAD590a51e)
* 50:24–Instagram considering to ban Alex Jones (https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-owned-instagram-is-reportedly-considering-whether-to-ban-alex-jones/#ftag=CAD590a51e)
* 26:41–The US wants “Copyright Troll” lawyer in prison (https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-wants-copyright-troll-lawyer-in-prison-for-12-5-years-190328/)
* 34:34–Amy Klobuchar wants broadband in households by 2020 (https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285384/amy-klobuchar-broadband-2022-fcc-isp-internet-high-speed-presidential-candidate)
* 39:29–Inmates in Finland are training AI (https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285572/prison-labor-finland-artificial-intelligence-data-tagging-vainu)
* 41:12–Sony merges electronic divisions, hiding mobile losses (https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/288598-sony-merges-electronics-divisions-hiding-staggering-mobile-losses)
* 23:34–FCC “fined” robocallers $208 million since 2015 (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/fcc-fined-robocallers-208-million-since-2015-but-collected-only-6790/)
* 41:50–How a supercomputer is helping AT&T prepare for extreme weather (https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18286111/supercomputer-at-t-extreme-weather-climate-change)
* 42:53–Serious Magneto bug (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/severe-magento-bug-opens-300k-commerce-sites-to-card-skimming-attacks/)
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