-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- We all read the stories. "Infant stolen from crib in Hospital", "Thousands of children abducted every year". Many parents would jump at the anything that might increase the chance of recovering their children should they be abducted. Just take a look at lines during "Child Fingerprint Days" at you local mall. The solution? Transponder implants at birth. Modern transponders can be injected into an infant where they grow into the tissue, unable to be removed without major surgery. If schools make implants a requirenment, such as vaccinations are today, children can be routinely scanned when entering kindergarden. Later in life, the same transponders can be used to verify legal age for obtaining a driver license or purchasing alcohol. The transpoders also provide ID for the ATMs and credit card termials of the future. No criminal can loot your account. You can leave the ATM card at home. How convenient! How do you prevent the dead from voting? Simple. One transponder, one vote. Even better, childmolesters, individuals out on bail or parole, and other "security risks" can be similarily tagged to prevent escape from US jurisdiction. A combination metal detector/scanner for airport and border use is just one of the obvious ideas to increase the value of this technology. For an example of such a transponder see http://www.dfw.net/~tqg/eid/tx1400l.html I predict that you will see the first such implants in children within five years. An enterprising Cypherpunk who has become disillusiond that the statists can be stopped could make a fortune by offering a "Children's Safety Identification Service." Any idea if offering such a service would require an M.D. or only a R.N.? Perhaps even a cosmetology licesnse would suffice, since "body piercers" do similar insertions every day. - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMDeIayoZzwIn1bdtAQFo3QGAzU13qIy4qIeKQ7F13JtmnRE4Oo4AsXpt RktLZfE/8K8EauRuisl/MxU23oMkTgD0 =Vm+o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----