human rfid tracking
Posted by jonathan - 28/01/08 at 06:01:33 am
Last year at a dog fair in liberty state park I contemplated having my dog tagged with an rfid chip with one of the major companies that provide this service to track lost pets. Given my wife’s bleeding heart for pets and the shows on discovery channel about all the lost pets during Katerina my usually libertarian self had become comfortable with the concept. Its one thing for animals and quite another for humans.
Flying cars, pill-sized meals, moon colonies, ergonomic, yet-oh-so-revealing space suits; for some of us, these popular predictions for a futuristic 21st century have yet to come to fruition. But some sci-fi fantasies can be made real, as advocates for tracking chip technology have recently demonstrated. The United Kingdom prison system is moving towards an under-the-skin monitoring system for its inmates, and this same technology may be coming to an epidermis near you.
The UK Ministry of Justice is planning a widespread adoption of implanted tracking chips for prison inmates, parolees, and sex offenders. It’s rumored the paparazzi has called for implanting British royals as well to make their jobs easier. Each chip emits an individual Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) code that allows officials to keep tabs on the tagged individual’s location. The chip, which is about the size of two grains of rice and encapsulated in glass, would be implanted within the musculature of the subject’s right triceps muscle (lefties catch a break here). According to VeriChip Corp., the chip’s Florida-based manufacturer, those implanted with the RFID tag would not be able to feel the device under their skin, nor would they be subject to any health hazards (except the nagging feeling someone may be watching them).
- read more @ ohmygov
Seems like VeriChip should have been watching Heroes and implanted the tracking device in the trapezius. Even better they should have gotten themselves a little product placement deal and some celebrity backing. While my baby will not get implanted at birth, I wonder what the odds are that my grandchild will not be?
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