Vanity Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020226/thumb.1014774639human_computer_chip_wx120.jpg'> By CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Florida technology company is poised to ask the government for permission to market a first-ever computer ID chip that could be embedded beneath a person's skin. For airports, nuclear power plants and other high security facilities, the immediate benefits could be a closer-to-foolproof security system. But privacy advocates warn the chip could lead to encroachments on civil liberties. The implant technology is another case of science fiction evolving into fact. Those who have long advanced the idea of implant chips say it could someday mean no more easy-to-counterfeit ID cards nor dozing security guards. Just a computer chip - about the size of a grain of rice - that would be difficult to remove and tough to mimic. Other uses of the technology on the horizon, from an added device that would allow satellite tracking of an individual's every movement to the storage of sensitive data like medical records, are already attracting interest across the globe for tasks like foiling kidnappings or assisting paramedics. Applied Digital Solutions' new ``VeriChip'' is another sign that Sept. 11 has catapulted the science of security into a realm with uncharted possibilities - and also new fears for privacy. ``The problem is that you always have to think about what the device will be used for tomorrow,'' said Lee Tien, a senior attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy advocacy group. ``It's what we call function creep. At first a device is used for applications we all agree are good but then it slowly is used for more than it was intended,'' he said. Applied Digital, based in Palm Beach, Fla., says it will soon begin the process of getting Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) approval for the device, and intends to limit its marketing to companies that ensure its human use is voluntary. ``The line in the sand that we draw is that the use of the VeriChip would always be voluntarily,'' said Keith Bolton, chief technology officer and a vice president at Applied Digital. ``We would never provide it to a company that intended to coerce people to use it.'' More than a decade ago, Applied bought a competing firm, Destron Fearing, which had been making chips implanted in animals for several years. Those chips were mainly bought by animal owners wanting to provide another way for pound workers to identify a lost pet. Chips for humans aren't that much different. But the company was hesitant to market them for people because of ethical questions. The devastation of Sept. 11 solidified the company's resolve to market the human chip and brought about a new sensibility about the possible interest. ``It's a sad time ... when people have to wonder whether it's safe in their own country,'' Bolton said. The makers of the chip also foresee it being used to help emergency workers diagnose a lost Alzheimer's patient or access an unconscious patient's medical history. Getting the implant would go something like this: A person or company buys the chip from Applied Digital for about $200 and the company encodes it with the desired information. The person seeking the implant takes the tiny device - about the size of a grain of rice, to their doctor, who can insert it with a large needle device. The doctor monitors the device for several weeks to make sure it doesn't move and that no infection develops. The device has no power supply, rather it contains a millimeter-long magnetic coil that is activated when a scanning device is run across the skin above it. A tiny transmitter on the chip sends out the data. Without a scanner, the chip cannot be read. Applied Digital plans to give away chip readers to hospitals and ambulance companies, in the hopes they'll become standard equipment. The chip has drawn attention from several religious groups. Theologian and author Terry Cook said he worries the identification chip could be the ``mark of the beast,'' an identifying mark that all people will be forced to wear just before the end times, according to the Bible. Applied Digital has consulted theologians and appeared on the religious television program the ``700 Club'' to assure viewers the chip didn't fit the biblical description of the mark because it is under the skin and hidden from view. Even with the privacy and religious concerns, some are already eager to use the product. Jeff Jacobs in Coral Springs, Florida has contacted the company in hopes of becoming the first person to purchase the chip. Jacobs suffers from a number of serious allergies and wants to make sure medical personnel can diagnose him. ``They would know who to contact, they would know what medications I'm on, and it's quite a few,'' he said. ``They would know what I'm allergic to, what kind of operations I've had and where there might be problems.'' Applied Digital says technology to let the chip to be used for tracking is already well under development. Eight Latin American companies have contacted Applied Digital and have openly encouraged the company to pursue the internal tracking devices. In some countries, kidnapping has become an epidemic that limits tourism and business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Woo hah. Got you all in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest platapie Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 computer chip under skin that can trace you = bad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tue skinny Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 uh that looks like a quater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.T Boy Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 give me death before you give me that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkjunkie34 Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 it will never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkjunkie34 Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 sorry buddy but that is a dime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tue skinny Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 yah i didnt study it close enough. my memor of things too is lacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackAttack Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Absolute power corrupts absolutely!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MR BOJANGLES Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 sorry, the aliens have a chip in me already...no room for 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracked Ass Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 I never thought I'd agree with the church on anything, but it feels like the "end times" when this shit starts happening. I'll die before I get a fucking ID implant. In fact, I'll kill first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strizzy Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 the whole point of the new world order is eventually to get rid of cash, ie a cashless society, by doing so they think that this is good because it will eliminate drug trade, prostituion, etc, so they want you to think its a good thing but in the end its all about control and power. the end is near, dont take anything for face value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 'function creep'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REGULATOR Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE...someone hum out the theme song please dew dew deeewwww.......dew dew dewwwww...DAH NAH...wait thats the james bond...i forgot the mi song dammit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wilt Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 can anyone say "logan's run"?...its rediculous..but its very possible..people are like..well its against our constitution and this and that..which is almost a joke(the constitution) because the first amendment right is stolen every day with censorship..the government says that it's to protect the youthful minds from impurities and this and that..what's to stop the government from saying "well..with this chip we can eliminate the risk of having our YOUNG CHILDREN from being harmed greatly."???theres nothing that can stop it..public is a sucker for children..its over..but..when it does happen i see bands of radicals banding together...the future looks very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 if you guys would stay out of trouble...you would have nothing to worry about... i think that will be the standing arguement on this subject.... i'll murder before i take one of those....i will kill myself if try to force it upon me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HAL Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 Damn. I thought this was gonna be a penis implant thing. I've always wanted to be "well hung". Like crazy well hung. 9" plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 im getting an implant in my hand but not of this type... i hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASER1NE Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 thats fucked up and probly wont happen to the general public ........ but i could totally see the gov't passing a bill with our death of democracy , to have it implanted in criminals ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 http://www.stormclad.com/images/cmi_loyalty.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted February 28, 2002 Author Share Posted February 28, 2002 Originally posted by Wilt "well..with this chip we can eliminate the risk of having our YOUNG CHILDREN from being harmed greatly." that's actually the main argument i've heard about this... i think they no better than to try it on us, they're gonna go for our kids, and they wont know any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milla_train Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 http://www.cris.com/~outlawyr/youwill.jpg'> aT&T's creation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascrotch Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Originally posted by T.T Boy give me death before you give me that. word the fuck up. the only implant i'd ever get is a penile one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 The scary thing is that you probably won't even know. They could SAY that they won't do it, but how would we know?? Like, they could make dentists do it or doctors or anyone, and we would be clueless. I'm just gonna sit in the corner of my room with a shotgun and never leave the house........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 If they start using that I will start a campaign against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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