CIA taking interest in your skin’s DNA, cosmetics company claims

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Is the CIA funding your skincare regimen? That is a question I have honestly never asked myself, but The Intercept has obtained documents that show the intelligence agency is diversifying. In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA, has funded a company called Skincential Sciences. The company produces a face care product line called Clearista, which uses a patented technology to “resurface” or “retexturize” the skin.

Since the product removes a thin top layer of skin (think of your face as a small, human ice rink), using a solution, water, and brushes, it also reveals biomarkers that could be used for things like DNA collection. Now, the CEO of Skincential Sciences told The Intercept that he didn’t know exactly why the CIA was interested in funding Skincential Sciences. It’s a mystery as to how the CIA might use something like this, but the CEO of Skincential Sciences said he did know they were interested in detecting DNA in skin.

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