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that would bounce
*   off a satellite and be picked up by police on a computer-screen map."
*   
*                  The syringe implantable biochip
*   
*   Which brings us to what is undoubtedly the most fearsome potential threat
*   in the surveillance arsenal -- one that should raise the hairs on the neck
*   of even the most trusting techno-child of the nineties. It is the
*   implantable biochip transponder.
*   
*   When implanted under the skin of the subject, the biochip will emit low
*   frequency FM radio waves that can travel great distances e.g., some miles
*   up into space to an orbiting satellite. The transmission would provide
*   information on the exact location of the "chipee": his latitude, longitude
*   and elevation to within a few feet anywhere on the planet.
*   
*   The April 2nd, 1989 Marin Independent Journal discussed the theory of
*   biochip implants in humans. Tim Willard, the then- executive officer of
*   the World Future Society and managing editor of its monthly magazine.
*   
*   The Futurist, noted that with a little refinement, the microchip could be
*   used in a number of human applications. He stated: "Conceivably, a number
*   could be assigned at birth and go with a person throughout life."
*   
*   The article continued: "Most likely, he added, it woud be implanted on
*   the back of the right or left hand for convenience, `so that it would
*   be easy to scan....It could be used as a universal identification card
*   that would replace credit cards, passports, that sort of thing. At the
*   checkout stand at a supermarket, you would simply pass your hand over
*   a scanner and your bank account would automatically be debited."

There it is again: people talking about assigning
everyone a biometric identifying number at birth.


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#   Privacy Journal, By Robert Ellis Smit