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Why US police could be using your genes to profile you right now

13 November 2019

A worrying warrant for police access to a genealogy DNA databank in the US means no one’s genetic profile is safe – even if you don’t use the services

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Deepfakes are terrible for democracy, but Facebook is a bigger threat

13 November 2019

Doctored videos are a menace, but we have more to fear from unscrupulous politicians taking advantage of Facebook's targeted ads, writes Annalee Newitz

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Why US police could be using your genes to profile you right now

Deepfakes are terrible for democracy, but Facebook is a bigger threat

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