Go back to the page and look again. They link to a correction that they are *not* currently developing implants. They *are* developing watches and pagers which use a combination of GPS and cellphone tech to track wearers, aimed particularly at the elder care and child markets - sort of a commercial version of the home incarceration monitoring ankle bracelets. Anyone who has worked with GPS knows that the fastest way to lose signal is to go in a house, or wrap your hand around the antenna. A GPS enabled implant sounds very unlikely. DA has been hyping this stuff for years (yes, including implants). I'll consider it vaporware until I see some independent evaluations. Peter Trei Disclaimer: The above represents my personal opinion only.
---------- From: Sandy Sandfort[SMTP:sandfort@mindspring.com] Reply To: Sandy Sandfort Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:21 AM To: Cypherpunks Subject: ANGELIC IMPLANT
C'punks,
Here's an article about a human-implanted device:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23232
It says in part:
"Beginning July 15, Applied Digital Solutions will begin beta testing on humans an implant technology capable of allowing users to emit a homing beacon, have vital bodily functions monitored and confirm identity when making e-commerce transactions....
Digital Angel. sends and receives data and can be continuously tracked by global positioning satellite technology."
Boy, that makes me feel comfortable.
S a n d y