UK Prisoners to be Given Chip Implants

[Matt Collins]

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/pol...cle3333852.ece

"There is a proposal in the UK to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders in an effort to free up more space in British jails. The article states that uses are being considered both for home detention, as a means to enforce punishment, as well as for sex offenders after their release. Many view this as a slippery slope leading to much wider use; starting as a purely voluntary act and gradually becoming more compulsory, it would endanger human rights and privacy. There are also health questions involved, given that long-term studies have linked similar implants to cancer in lab mice and rats. Ironically, the same technology has been proposed for medical purposes as well. In the USA, some state agencies have already made decisions about this issue.

[Cigaboo]

Maybe we should give Al Queda the address of Verichip. This is scary stuff, and it's coming fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKx1gLCQef8

[Matt Collins]

Well in the US this will start off with pets (already here). Then sex offenders. And then general criminals. And then the military. Then children, then everyone else.

With the general population they'll make it voluntary at first in order for it to be more convenient. In other words if you don't get the implant then you'll have to go through the extra PITA security screening when flying or going into a governmental building or applying for a drivers license etc.

[realitywiz]

This is sickening! I cannot believe how fast this high-tech police state is approaching toward us. It feels like living in a sci-fi horror film -- we're not quite there yet but it's the beginning of it.

[Cigaboo]

I heard that IBM helps fund Verichip, and IBM helped develop technologies to track Jews in the Holocaust. http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/ Looks like they're back to their old tricks again!

[Matt Collins]

IBM isn't at fault. The government is at fault.

[Cigaboo]

I'd argue that funding a technology that is obviously going to be used for nefarious purposes gives them a portion of the blame. But the government is the main offender, of course.

[Green Mountain Boy]

IBM isn't at fault. The government is at fault.

Corporations never do anything immoral.

[Luft97]

I am starting to think that our society and government climate would be alot better if we did not have the technological capabilities that we have now =\

[heartless]

I am starting to think that our society and government climate would be alot better if we did not have the technological capabilities that we have now =\

Yep, the Amish have it good xP