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Implanted Electronic Tag Can Track Terrorist Suspects.
AFP
| 9/20/01
Posted on 09/21/2001 10:46:18 AM PDT by marshmallow
An American firm is developing a tiny chip, implanted under the skin, that can track the location of terrorist suspects, New Scientist reports in tomorrow's issue.
A Florida company, Applied Digital Solutions, started work on the chip and then shelved the idea but has now revived it after the attacks in New York and Washington, the British weekly said.
"We've changed our thinking since September 11," Keith Bolton, the company's chief technology officer, said. "Now there's more of a need to monitor evil activities."
Terrorist suspects could be forced to have such chips implanted or it could be done surreptitiously.
The chip gives out a tiny signal that thanks to triangulation by the global positioning system (GPS) gives that person's location.
A potential use could be for finding people buried under rubble, as the search for victims of the World Trade Center collapse has shown.
But the "Big Brother" device raises serious questions for civil liberties, as governments could use it to track innocent people, New Scientist adds.
And criminals not to mention terrorists themselves could hack into the system and use the signals to home in on targets.
Applied Digital Solutions has already developed a watchlike device called Guardian Angel, which transmits information about the wearer's identity, medical status and location, using the GPS.
The gadget is intended for keeping track of elderly relatives or wandering children.
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To: marshmallow
Alert!!!! All Terrorists you are ordered to report to the Police Commissioner's office for implantation of an electonic tracking chip! Also all gun owners are to be registered "implanted" next week.
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posted on
09/21/2001 10:53:26 AM PDT
by
dvan
To: marshmallow
Not this again... we had a big flap over this kind of technology some time ago... I'd rather find em the old fashioned way. I can foresee some nonsense like this rearing it's ugly head with more frequency, but not yet.
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posted on
09/21/2001 11:03:43 AM PDT
by
goodieD
To: dvan
"Hi! Welcome to People Finders! Would you like that implanted in the right hand or your forehead? Oh, Good, now please follow me to eternal damnation..."
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To: marshmallow
Chips can be picked up on xray and removed. We could try tatoos, but after the Nazis, that's not going to be acceptable. And there's the "mark of the beast" image, too.
To: marshmallow
The chip gives out a tiny signal that thanks to triangulation by the global positioning system (GPS) gives that person's location. No doubt something like this could be developed, and the chip may know its location quit accurately, (like within a large room for example). But to be useful, the information must be transmitted to someone watching. At current levels of technology and available power the receiver would have to be somewhere near. Like in the car behind you. This may be a rationale for letting a suspect think they have been released. I do not believe its time to worry about "big brother watching all of us".
PS, the government is following process and getting warrents to use devices such as these on suspects. Its OK with me as long as they follow our internal law.
BTW, the thought occurred to me that Clinton would already have declared martial law. Remember how we counted the minutes until he was out of office...?
To: KC_for_Freedom
I'm afraid you are mistaken in the ability of these devices to transmit to satelites as well as recieve... You can do your own search on the internet... Such chips are already in use for the very purpose and are traceable from satelite... My reaction was the same as yours several years ago when I heard someone suggest that chips could transmit to satelite... The first time I heard a story that verified it was, I think, a 60 minutes story on an experimental type of breast implant, each of which had a chip in them which could be monitored from satelites... I don't remember what year it was but i think it was 96-98...
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posted on
09/21/2001 11:48:05 AM PDT
by
OHelix
To: dvan
Where's Marlin Perkins when you need him? Tagging and releasing terrorists would be a great Mutual of Omaha episode. "While Jim holds the terrorist, I insert the transponder....."
To: marshmallow
Terrorist suspects could be forced to have such chips implanted or it could be done surreptitiously.
This could be effective if the implantation device is a .45 ACP directed at the base of the skull.
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posted on
09/21/2001 12:08:05 PM PDT
by
theshog
To: marshmallow
These little chips should be implanted in the rectum of each terrorist, via missle.
To: socal_parrot
Where's Marlin Perkins when you need him? Tagging and releasing terrorists would be a great Mutual of Omaha episode. "While Jim holds the terrorist, I insert the transponder....."Thanks... Great visual! Made me laugh and smile!
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posted on
09/21/2001 12:38:56 PM PDT
by
OHelix
To: Old Hickory
It's out there, it's a failure.
ADSX
To: marshmallow (+ Mercuria + incindiary + feinswinesuksass + HangFire [+ LibertyGrrrl... WELCOME!!])
A Florida company, Applied Digital Solutions, started work on the chip and then shelved the idea but has now revived it after the attacks in New York and Washington, the British weekly said.
Really?
DIGITAL ANGEL LAB OPENING IN CALIFORNIA (of course)
Posted By: Data_Junkie
Date: Sunday, 28 January 2001, 8:44 p.m.
Friday January 26, 11:16 am Eastern Time
Press Release
New Applied Digital's E-business Practice Headquarters in Riverside, Calif. Will House Digital Angel Delivery System, Data Management Center and Software Development Lab
PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2001--
Life-saving Digital Angel(TM) location and bio-sensor data will be accessible via multiple channels, including Web browsers, Personal Digital Devices (PDAs), WAP-enabled cell phones and telephony contact centers
Local government, university and business leaders will join top Applied Digital executives at opening ceremonies on February 2, 2001
biz.yahoo.com/bw/000911/fl_applied.html
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posted on
09/21/2001 12:52:34 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
To: socal_parrot
That's a great idea. Maybe we could use a helicopter and shoot them with tranquilzer guns, then go down and tag them. Also attach an ID tag to their left ear.
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posted on
09/21/2001 3:51:58 PM PDT
by
dvan
To: OHelix
Always ready to learn, but they can't transmit to GPS satelites, so it must be some other world-wide network. I know Iridium is up, but not used much for phone, the other possible network is globalstar. (Milstar is there too, but is at a higher altitude and would require greater power.) I will keep my eyes out for the thing you are describing, but until I read it in Av Week or Sci American, I remain a non-believer. Who reviews what is posted on the internet?
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To: marshmallow
Mobster asks if feds bugged his butt UPI
Tuesday, 15 June 1999 14:46 (GMT)
WORCESTER, Mass., June 15 (UPI) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the federal government to tell a reputed mobster if a tracking device had been implanted in his butt during an operation to remove a bullet. An attorney for racketeering defendant Vincent M. Marino says (Tuesday) a Drug Enforcement Administration agent had told Marino about the device, and the judge said that while he thought the agent was "trying to be funny," he still told prosecutors to respond to Marino's motion asking if it is still there.
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posted on
09/21/2001 6:23:38 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: marshmallow
Make it a big, clanking GPS ball and chain, so we all know what we're dealing with, and it's not easy to remove.
To: mrsmith
Gives a new meaning to "having a bug up one's butt."
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