Data Retention Regulations in the Lords

Florian Weimer ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:38:56 +0200


* James Firth:

> Such a shame there isn't a Europe-wide DNA database of every
> citizen.

It's been theorized that it could also be a cotton field worker.

It could also still be a far more fundamental issue (like the Trend
Micro "P" bug).  In any case, the usually quoted probability of
collision between two chosen samples (one in 10 thousand millions or
so), has been empirically refuted, but this will soon be forgotten.