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It's very Orwellian and there has to be consequences for accusing an innocent person of a crime and major consequences for prosecuting an innocent person or things will just continue to get worse.
That said, the state wants everyone to be SSN tagged, fingerprinted, and DNA registered from birth so that it can enforce laws. It is almost inevitable that this going to happen. So the best we can do is make all records kept by the state public, make sure there are no exceptions or special treatment for the privileged including buying "fast track" or "secure flyer" status, and make sure that any misuse of this information makes both the individual state agents and their agency legally and financially liable. Like litigation or not, fear of lawsuits are the only thing keeping the state somewhat in line. Add to that fear of jail-time, and cops and other agents will adjust their cost-benefit analysis.
And when they found a good match, they went after descendents of the DNA record donor...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/how-private-dna-data-led-idaho-cops-wild-goose-chase-and-linked-innocent-man-20
We live in a country where you can copyright cartoon drawings - but your most private, basic life information, if stored in a database - is open to all.
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