Items Tagged with 'DNA '

Security leaders share their insights on the possible data risks of 23andMe declaring bankruptcy.

23andMe announced that customer profile information was accessed without user consent, including DNA Relatives profiles for individual accounts.

A forensic lab in Pennsylvania is using a new Vacuum Metal Deposition, which can reveal latent fingerprints on materials, according to a news report. 

A forensic team in the UK is using a new mass spectrometry technology that could help solve unsolved crimes, according to a news report. 

More than a third (38%) of Americans believe biometrics will increase their smartphone security, while 25% are skeptical and 37% don’t know.
 

A company has taken plant DNA and adapted it to serve as a new form of security for crime stopping purposes in both civilian and military arenas.

In an effort to crack down on robberies at McDonald’s in Sydney, the company has hired a British security firm to install a system that sprays a “non-toxic solution with DNA Code” on would-be thieves on their way out the door of the fast-food outlets.