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# The database state: it just gets worse
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/the-database-state-it-just-gets-worse/
- Published: 2009-10-02T20:10:51.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:43:40.000Z
- Author: Anthony Barnett
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

Every time you think to yourself, "It's bad but at least I know", Henry Porter comes out with another appalling revelation. Did you know that there is a Human Provenance Pilot operation underway, using methods tricked from scientists, to try and profile people by examining their hair and DNA to see where they "really" come from? How is it possible to invest in and launch such a thing without a public debate - or even, save us! - in parliament? Where are the MPs saying, 'hold on', who rules this country? It shows that the forces of the deep state in the Home Office regard the population as little better than animals, to be tracked and managed. That's us, I'm talking about. Read [Henry's post in CiF's Liberty Central](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/oct/02/dna-test-asylum-seekers?ref=opendemocracy.net) and wonder: what's next?