This whole cloning subject has been rattling around in my brain for days now. Tonight I am thinking about security, and I thought I would post a question and see what you all think. So, assuming that this clone really is the first human clone, lets create a scenario in which cloning becomes really common in the future (for some creepy reason). You, wanting to keep up with the latest technology fad, save up the money, and clone yourself. Its no longer creepy to think about cloning, because everyone who is anyone has a clone. So you spend years raising your clone...and its just great...because its almost like you have a second chance at life...your clone gets to do things that you only wish you could have done with your life. But lets say, due to some environmental event (keeping in mind that this couldn't have been from genes, because you would *never* do something like this), your clone has a mean streak and decides to kill someone. Only your clone is kind of sloppy at the job, and he/she leaves fingerprints and DNA samples behind at the crime scene. Now, stepping out of the scenario, how would fingerprints and DNA be used in forensics in the future? Your clone will have the exact same fingerprints, the exact same DNA, and the same information will show up with a retinal scan. In a future in which cloning may exist, how does one retain their personal identity when they have a clone running around? How can you prevent identity theft? What do you all think?