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We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, so we put it to the test.

Government agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state. Every initiative to document, monitor, track, or otherwise spy on Americans starts ...

A report said DNA collected at checkpoints from about 2,000 Americans, mostly during the Biden administration, was sent to an F.B.I. database. Hundreds were not charged. By Francesca Regalado ...

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The Department of Homeland Security is about to take "big government" to a whole new level. A new proposed rule would let DHS sweep up all kinds of biometric data-not just from immigrants, but from ...