First Humans to Receive ID Chips

The LA Times ^ | May 9, 2002 | DAVID STREITFELD

[tomball]

This post is not a full text artical from the LA Times, and it is not posted with the intent to create a problem for Free Republic or its members. However, this artical is historic and important in content. The sole purpose of this post is to educate, and provoke thought to those who consider their right to privacy as sacred.

[DontMessWithMyCountry]

very, very, very, very, very, very creepy.

[Hodar]

able to receive GPS satellite signals and transmit a person's location.

Just an idea ... voluntary for the general public, but manditory to convicted felons. Maybe a temporary version for those arrested, but our on bond? By the way, they may be implanted .... but how susceptable are they to damage from (intentionally applied) high magnetic fields? Can one burn one up (fry the circuitry), leaving an inert piece of silicon in the body?

[Darth Sidious]

Applied Digital, which says it has a waiting list of 4,000 to 5,000 people who want a VeriChip, plans to operate a "chipmobile" that visits Florida senior citizen's centers.

Shades of the "combination guillotine/meter-maid cycle" from that old Jack Chick tract.

[asformeandformyhouse]

making them scannable just like a jar of peanut butter in the supermarket checkout line.

What an analogy. Nothing like taking the humanity of a person away with one simple injection.

[aomagrat]

I'll never get one.

[asformeandformyhouse]

It's an easier way to manage someone, like putting a leash on a pet.

I stopped reading too soon. Perhaps someone's true intentions are showing here.

[Hodar]

I'll never get one.

And that certainly is your right. However, the idea of having a permanent form of ID on me is appealing. If I'm in an accident, my wife could be notified. My medical history would be instantly available, and my identity could not be stolen by some punk with my wallet.

[Republicus2001]

isn't this from Reno's state of Florida

[dmz]

hmmm, that's odd, I thought Jeb Bush was the governor of the state...

[Shermy]

ping.

[Capt.YankeeMike]

dear komrade, we will of course be very very glad to implant you, thees way to the ovens, er a line, please. Are you out of your mind? the liberals are going to use this to track you....monitor you....CONTROL you...

[Burn24]

Be careful, you'll get fried here - as I did yesterday. Many of the folks at FR think the Verichip is the Mark of the Beast or somesuch, and will exercise mind control.

[Hodar]

dear komrade, we will of course be very very glad to implant you, thees way to the ovens, er a line, please. Are you out of your mind? the liberals are going to use this to track you....monitor you....CONTROL you...

Exactly what do you base this on? They already have my fingerprints, my license info, my Social Security numbers, my car's license plate, my address, my financial numbers, my education, my place of work .... so how is having a chip inserted going to affect me? This is merely another way of identifying me, like a fingerprint or retnal scan.

[OKSooner]

Not "mind control"; just plain ol' fascist control. In Biblical proportion.

[Hodar]

Not "mind control"; just plain ol' fascist control. In Biblical proportion.

How? I have heard this emotional clap-trap over and over. Felons have their fingerprints, bio's, pictures, residences, and history all over the Fed's books .... that 'hardly' controls them, does it? HOW would merely having an ID chip allow anyone to control us? I'm hearing lots of mindless, fear-mongering assertations, but have not heard a SINGLE fact to support your side of the arguement.

[Burn24]

It's more of a Bible thing than a technology thing with them. Thus "Biblical proportions."

[freeeee]

It's more of a Bible thing than a technology thing with them.

Really? This atheist doesn't think so highly of these chips either.

[Hodar]

Why? I have heard people fear them .... why? It's like Aboriginial tribesmen fearing having their picture taken (it robs them of their soul). I'm not saying anyone has to have a chip implanted .... just why this almost irrational fear of them.

[freeeee]

Why? I'm a strong believer in the slippery slope/incrementalism.

Just look at your own post #3:

"voluntary for the general public, but mandatory to convicted felons. Maybe a temporary version for those arrested, but our on bond?"

And old people with Alzheimer's. And little kids at the "Fingerprint your kid" program. And those in the military, and then people with just misdemeanors, and then anyone who is merely arrested, and then anyone who wants a job, or a bank account, or the "privilege" of driving.

Lately the only practical thing that preserves the little privacy and freedom we still have is the limits of technology. History is abundantly clear that each and every bit of technology will eventually be abused to its full potential. I'm through trusting them.