Category: DNA Paranoia

• The Postage Stamp Spies

  The Postage Stamp Spies theory holds that licking a postage stamp or envelope provided the government with a covert biological sample that could be stored, profiled, and used for identification. The theory gained plausibility after forensic science demonstrated that saliva on stamps and envelopes could in fact yield DNA, turning an old everyday mailing habit into a recurring symbol of genetic surveillance anxiety.