ANGELIC IMPLANT (not!)

[Trei, Peter]

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 at 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