------ Forwarded Message From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:57:08 -0400 To: <EPIC_IDOF@mailman.epic.org> Subject: [EPIC_IDOF] Ohio politician busted for watching too much X-Files Official: Implant chips into offenders http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050329/NEWS01/5032903 39 While [Butler County, Commissioner Michael] Fox earlier had suggested the use of electronic ankle or wrist bracelets to allow for passive monitoring of offenders, on Monday he took the proposal a step further, calling for a plan of implanting computer microchips into offenders so that they can be tracked and located immediately. "People have these GPS chips put in their pets and - in some case - in their children, in the event they are lost or kidnapped," Fox said. "I don't see why the same can't be done with probationees." ===================================================== False Hopes for Implants in Criminals By Sherrie Gossett | April 22, 2005 http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/3066_0_2_0_C/ The editorial was right when it stated such implantation raises serious legal, ethical and civil rights questions. But first it raises questions of factual accuracy. Why? Because there are no commercially available GPS implants in existence. The Florida company, Applied Digital Solutions (ADS), announced in December of 1999 that it had acquired the patent for a syringe-injectable GPS implant that was powered by muscle movement and could be remotely monitored. The location and movements of the host could be stored in a database for future reference, the company said. ADS recommended use of the technology for tracking felons and prisoners. But it is now over five years since ADS made that announcement and they have yet to produce any proof of such a device. _______________________________________________ EPIC_IDOF mailing list EPIC_IDOF@mailman.epic.org https://mailman.epic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/epic_idof ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen@leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]