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Wow, it had never occurred to me that the government might establish mass, passive DNA collection. Sort of reminds me of the East Germans and their little scent jars... Would the government have to tell us if they had collected our DNA through passive means in public?

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Well, they are already collecting covid DNA from wastewater: https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wastewater#3925188384-9...

And they are looking for one person, who has interesting characteristic, from a covid perspective:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/06/08/co...

No, you'd need something like a nasty pandemic where people willingly give bodily fluid samples. Like that'll ever happen...

Just kidding.

That would require a conspiracy on a scale never seen before that is just not possible considering how poorly coordinated governments are and would be stupid to do because if it were to be found out by the public would end in mass revolt.

Perhaps you underestimate the desire for power over others that some among us possess. Or, perhaps you don't

Especially with social media, the anger would spread throughout society like wildfire.

Unless said government collaborated with social media companies to censor critical perspectives. Just kidding - like that’d ever happen!

If we want to continue the scare train, the lockdowns probably increased social media use by a lot on private devices.

> Sort of reminds me of the East Germans and their little scent jars

Can you explain that to me? I don't understand the reference.

https://www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-experiences/about-the-c...

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