Police are using DNA to create hypothetical face renderings—then using these images as a clue to base investigations on.
If this wasn't bad enough, police in California ran one of these images through face recognition tech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/cops-running-dna-manufactured-faces-through-face-recognition-tornado-bad-ideas
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