Wired states that thure is little indication of how or wy the DNA was collected. They state that in many cases, DNA was taken during civil detainment,(mention of airports) and the "charges'' field were frequently blank.

A similarly concerning mention in the article is the rate of increase of record submissions to the database. They state that in 2023 there was a ten fold increase, from '... a few thousand monthly submissions to 92,000 per month...'