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Proposal to Implant Tracking Chips in Immigrants

This article really infuriated me. I realise that I shouldn't be surprised that a Republican wingnut could be so blunt about his disdain for minorities.

I hope this will never materialize.

Bill Christensen

Technovelgy.com
Thu Jun 1, 5:00 AM ET



Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company's RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. He made the statement on national television earlier this week.

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Silverman was being interviewed on "Fox & Friends." Responding to the Bush administration's call to know "who is in our country and why they are here," he proposed using VeriChip RFID implants to register workers at the border, and then verify their identities in the workplace. He added, "We have talked to many people in Washington about using it...."

The VeriChip is a very small Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag about the size of a large grain of rice. It can be injected directly into the body; a special coating on the casing helps the VeriChip bond with living tissue and stay in place. A special RFID reader broadcasts a signal, and the antenna in the VeriChip draws power from the signal and sends its data. The VeriChip is a passive RFID tag; since it does not require a battery, it has a virtually unlimited life span.

RFID tags have long been used to identify animals in a variety of settings; livestock, laboratory animals and pets have been "chipped" for decades. Privacy advocates have long expressed concerns about this technology being used in human beings.

In a related story, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe allegedly remarked to visiting U.S. senators Jeff Sessions (Alabama) and Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania) that microchips could be used to track seasonal workers. "President Uribe said he would consider having Colombian workers have microchips implanted in their bodies before they are permitted to enter the U.S. for seasonal work," Specter told Congress on April 25.

Implanting microchips in human beings for the purpose of monitoring is not exactly news for science fiction fans; Alfred Bester wrote about "skull bugs" in his 1974 novel The Computer Connection:

"...you don't know what's going on in the crazy culture outside. It's a bugged and drugged world. Ninety percent of the bods have bugs implanted in their skulls in hospital when they're born. They're monitored constantly." (Read more about Alfred Bester's skull bugs)

VeriChips are legal for implantation in people in the U.S.; see VeriChip RFID Tag Patient Implant Badges Now FDA Approved. See also a related story on a Proposed National Worker DNA Fingerprint Database. Read more at RFID implants for guest workers, Latin leader keen on ID chips and Chip implants for migrant workers?.

(This Science Fiction in the News story used with permission from Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction.)

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Hey, why not? Illegals are a big issue, no?

humans... cattle... what's the difference? if you want to migrate to the US or work there then you must be prepared to be part of the herd.

Isn't this how futurama started? lol

Science fiction...scientists are working on an actual invisibility cloak.

Great idea!

It was my understanding that passive RFID tags ie no batteries, have a very limited range. Its not like they'll be tracking the location of people from a satellite.

I guess its more like an id card. I don't see what purpose this would satisfy.

we could go one step further and force them to wear all the same type and colour of clothes. and a hat, yah hats.. with those propellers on top.


awesome.

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Originally posted by Platipus we could go one step further and force them to wear all the same type and colour of clothes. and a hat, yah hats.. with those propellers on top. awesome.

Yeah, they should be forced to wear some sort of sign identifying them as not being the same as us. Then maybe we should assign them all numbers that will be tatooed prominetly on their hands so we can keep track of them. Maybe then we should put them all into camps.

I'm all in favour of Free-Range.. No need to pen them up.

wtf are we?? dogs?

^^ no, cattle.

moooooooooooo moooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Originally posted by Platipus I'm all in favour of Free-Range.. No need to pen them up.

sure... we'll let them be free at first but eventually we'll need to ship them off to camps, along with abstract/surealist artists, the mentally disabled, communists, and people with syphlis.... oh, and the slovics....

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard along with abstract/surealist artists, the mentally disabled, communists, and people with syphlis.... oh, and the slovics....

This is all fine.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard oh, and the slovics....

slavs - ie Slavic people

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Originally posted by starsearcher slavs - ie Slavic people

Whatever... untermenchen!

I'm glad to see you all thinking this is quite humourous. I still think it's sad that a company would actually be so vocal about it.

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Originally posted by Allegory I'm glad to see you all thinking this is quite humourous. I still think it's sad that a company would actually be so vocal about it.

daddy's gotta bring home the bacon

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Originally posted by Allegory I'm glad to see you all thinking this is quite humourous. I still think it's sad that a company would actually be so vocal about it.

If you understood history at all you'd realize I have been likening this to the Nazi controls placed on the Jews in the 1930s.... hardly humourous.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard If you understood history at all you'd realize I have been likening this to the Nazi controls placed on the Jews in the 1930s.... hardly humourous.

I wasn't directing anything towards you. There are several posts in this thread from many people.

What I meant to say is it's good to see people reacting to how absurd and sad it is. It seams to be a common theme today: "ban smoking!", "insert chips in people!", "Spy on domestic calls!", "Ban perfume!"

I'm moving to Europe.

the only way to make it through this non stop line of BS positions by our goverment and our neighbours, is to be sarcastic and poke fun. Otherwise all this crap would depress me and I'd have to kill myself.

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Originally posted by Allegory I'm moving to Europe.

I hope you like paying taxes on your emails and text messages from your mobile phone in the near future, thanks to the EU! Now THAT'S fucking ridiculous.

it would not pass as just immigrants being "chipped". everyone should get chipped.

ah fuck it...just kill 'em all! lol

seriously though, I think it's great that someone is so vocal about this idea...it makes it *really* easy to pick out the dangerous extremists when they have a big mouth.

i.e. I'd be far more concerned about this if it was a more "hush hush" agenda like the wiretap fiasco.

This 'chip' thing would *never* fly...

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Originally posted by MarkT ah fuck it...just kill 'em all! lol seriously though, I think it's great that someone is so vocal about this idea...it makes it *really* easy to pick out the dangerous extremists when they have a big mouth. i.e. I'd be far more concerned about this if it was a more "hush hush" agenda like the wiretap fiasco. This 'chip' thing would *never* fly...

I agree, however I don't see too many ideas coming from anyone else either...

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