ANGELIC IMPLANT (not!)

[Declan McCullagh]

We had a discussion of this on Politech with a response (of sorts)
from the company:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02162.html
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02154.html
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02153.html

-Declan


On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:21:05AM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
> 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