Jim Macklin wrote:
DNA



"Stubby" wrote in
message ...
| Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
| Stubby wrote:
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| Remember, they only want your hair and eye color to aid
in identifying
| the body if the worst happens.
|
| That's why I wear dogtags when I fly.
|
| I believe USAF records a foot print. It's like a finger
print but more
| likely to survive a crash in tact.


DNA is certainly the best for IDing an individual. But I am concerned
about the ramifications of having my ID in a database for anybody to see
and use. Right now a court order is required to make my DNA available
and there are standards for obtaining such an order. I like that.

Note that our DNA is everywhere -- on stamps, eating utensils, in
toilets, condoms, towels, sweaty clothes, etc. It's quite easy to
plant our DNA somewhere such as a crime scene. But we (society) must
make it hard for a bad guy to verify that the sample he has is mine. If
all he has to do is go online and check a database (say of pilots' DNA)
it is too easy.