• @14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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      32 years ago

      with big enough database you simple have every single person in it. that still doesn’t back up the quote i disputed in any way.

      • @fishos@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        They caught the Bay Area Strangler(or whatever his title was) by finding a dna relative match on one of these services and using that to narrow down suspects. DNA can absolutely be used to narrow things down without just having a direct 1:1 match saying it’s THAT person.