Should I Spit? - Episode 1 - The Beacon

While working on a cybersecurity podcast, journalist Claire Aird reads a startling statistic: Ninety per cent of people with European ancestry in the US are identifiable because of DNA data their relatives have uploaded to a family history database. Claire’s curiosity soon becomes an investigation into how our DNA is being used for power and profit. In this episode of Should I Spit?, Claire finds out that the DNA data on genealogy sites is never fully anonymous, so she starts to interrogate how police really use these sites to hunt for criminals, overseas and in Australia. Lifeline 13 11 14 Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 Credits: Creator, writer, researcher - Claire Aird Senior Producer - Claudianna Blanco Producers - Holly Mithcell, Romy Sher Executive Producer - Greg Muller, Emma Lancaster, Belinda Lopez and Jen Goggin.  Sound Design - Nial Fernandes  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.