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VeriChip Implants 222 People With RFID

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-trust-my-ass-chip-to-linux dept.

cnet-declan writes "Anyone remember VeriChip, a company that came up with the idea of implanting chips in humans for tracking them? They've been behind ideas like RFID tagging immigrant and guest workers at the border, and they've persuaded a former Bush Health Secretary to get himself chipped. In this CNET News.com article, we offer an update on how successful the idea has been. It turns out that, according to IPO documents, 222 people have been implanted, with sales revenue of $100,000."

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  1. Re:I would leave FAST by tomstdenis · · Score: 2, Informative

    Follow up for the curious, See equal protection under the law which specifically grants the rights of the constituion to any person within the jurisdiction of the states.

    So, no, the USA governement does not have the right to violate the rights of tourists.

    Tom

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  2. Re:I'd do it by Misch · · Score: 4, Informative

    IEEE recently published a series of papers on this subject:

    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEVICE AND MATERIALS RELIABILITY, VOL. 5, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2005

    Paper overview (PDF)

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  3. Re:Fancy that by SevenHands · · Score: 3, Informative

    Kind of off topic, or maybe not. I couldn't help notice that a tracking feature is contained within the last two cell phones I've uesd. A feature called "assisted GPS" seems to mysteriously and unobtrusively be enabled by default from the factory. From what I understand, this location tracking feature is in addition to tracking one's location via cell tower triangulation.

    Scary thing about this is that the vast majority of the people I talk to do not even know this feature is available, less enabled by default.