Thought we were all done with the controversy about whether to put implantable RFID chips in people, didn't ya ... ? HA. The precedent is already at work in the Attorney General of Mexico's office. Work there, get a chip. Won't be long before the same procedure is implemented over here ... well, not on the ILLEGALS, tho' ... that'd be a 'violation' of their 'rights' ... Frankly, I'm surprised that the ACLU, of all people, is against this (read all the way to the bottom) ...

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/14/radio-frequency-rfid-implant/

May 14, 2010

Where’s Jimmy? Just Google His Bar Code

By Gene J. Koprowski - FOXNews.com

Scientists currently tag animals to study their behavior and protect the endangered, but some futurists wonder whether all humans should be tagged too.  

Scientists tag animals to monitor their behavior and keep track of endangered species. Now some futurists are asking whether all of mankind should be tagged too. Looking for a loved one? Just Google his microchip.

The chips, called radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, emit a simple radio signal akin to a bar code, anywhere, anytime. Futurists say they can be easily implanted under the skin on a person’s arm.

Already, the government of Mexico has surgically implanted the chips, the size of a grain of rice, in the upper arms of staff at the attorney general’s office in Mexico City. The chips contain codes that, when read by scanners, allow access to a secure building, and prevent trespassing by drug lords.

In research published in the International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Taiwanese researchers postulate that the tags could help save lives in the aftermath of a major earthquake[No, it just makes identification of the dead easier]. "Office workers would have their identity badges embedded in their RFID tags, while visitors would be given temporary RFID tags when they enter the lobby," they suggest. Similarly, identity tags for hospital staff and patients could embed RFID technology. 

“Our world is becoming instrumented,” IBM’s chairman and CEO, Samuel J. Palmisano said at an industry conference last week. “Today, there are nearly a billion transistors per human, each one costing one ten-millionth of a cent. There are 30 billion radio RFID tags produced globally.”

Having one in every person could relieve anxiety for parents and help save lives, or work on a more mundane level by unlocking doors with the wave of a hand or starting a parked car -- that's how tech enthusiast Amal Graafstra (his hands are pictured above) uses his. But this secure, “instrumented” future is frightening for many civil liberties advocates. Even adding an RFID chip to a driver’s license or state ID card raises objections from concerned voices.

Tracking boxes and containers on a ship en route from Hong Kong is OK, civil libertarians say. So is monitoring cats and dogs with a chip surgically inserted under their skin. But they say tracking people is over-the-top -- even though the FDA has approved the devices as safe in humans and animals. 

“We are concerned about the implantation of identity chips,” said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst for the speech, privacy and technology program at the American Civil Liberties Union. He puts the problem plainly: “Many people find the idea creepy.”

creepy very very very creepy...I won't ever do it.

The Prophecy!!.....it's going to happen!

Already, the government of Mexico has surgically implanted the chips, the size of a grain of rice, in the upper arms of staff at the attorney general’s office in Mexico City. The chips contain codes that, when read by scanners, allow access to a secure building, and prevent trespassing by drug lords.

Now, all the cartel who kidnaps staff members can just whack off,(oops), cut off that arm and throw it on a barge to China.

personally if our government "required" implants I would take up arms for sure and dare then to stuff a chip in me.

Now for Mexico. That nation is a huge pack of hypocrites. If I got a job there they would put a chip in me? F them! What a pack of idiots. they only way to deal with drug lords is to SHOOT HEM DEAD AND ALL OF THEIR CRONIES! Period.

Now for the staffers with those chips. if I was a drug lord I would have one of them abducted and cut off his effing arm, use it to gain access to a court room, and have a nice bloody massacre just to laugh in their faces about their new "fool proof" system.

I wonder which politician will have the balls to try to make us take the chip? That person will be putting on a huge target saying "10,000 Points!" on it.

Don't need the chip....there is already something better out there.

Cell phones have GPS tracking in them and criminals are being tracked thousands of times every year!

Do you really think the Times Square Bomber almost got away? That's what all the news media reported and I'm sure the NSA just loves it! I'm sure they want the terrorists to think we are a bunch of buffoons.

I think the Fed Security Agencies have the ability to listen in on any cell phone call they want. I also think they can track movements with GPS. I believe they never "lost contact" with the Fisail Shazad, they tracked him and let that plane pull away from the gate so they could get every last piece of data from calls he may have made prior to take off.

Shazad is just the pawn....they want the big fish!

You may recall during the early days of the war in Afghanistan...UBL was using his phone and radios to communicate....It didn't take Bin Laden very long to figure out we had the technology to track his azz and drop a bomb on him. He had to break off all communication and is now hiding in a cave and has to have some idiot terrorist pack out a VCR tape or Audio tape by camel and hand deliver so they don't track him.

Maybe we just need to put the chips in the camels?

Add a counter in them also to count the number of times the camel jockey rides 'em.

Why are camels called ships of the desert? They are full of (pick your favorite race) seemen.

I know that was horrible. I just couldn't leave it alone. It was sitting there right in front of me. I couldn't resist!