> From: Amanda Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/07/13/mexico.chip.reut/index.html > > MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -- Mexico's attorney general said on Monday he > had had a microchip inserted under the skin of one of his arms to give him > access to a new crime database and also enable him to be traced if he is ever > abducted. > > --- > > I know there've been parents wanting to get GPS chips implanted in kids. I'm > curious how people view the safety vs privacy issue here. I'm of two minds. I > think of how the hostage thing might have played out if foreign workers in > Iraq had them... > > And although no one is talking about preventative tracking (like the Probies > in _Sundiver_) yet, I expect the idea will occur to a politician eventually...
Like in, say, Japan?: <<http://news.com.com/Japan+school+kids+to+be+tagged+with+RFID+chips/2100- 1012_3-5266700.html?part=rss&tag=5266700&subj=news.1012.5>> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
