Attorney general has microchip fitted

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/435837%3fformat=html

Mexico's attorney general said he had had a microchip inserted under the skin of one of his arms to give him access to a new crime database and also enable him to be traced if he is ever abducted.

Attorney General Rafael Macedo said a number of his staff had also been fitted with chips which will give them exclusive and secure access to a national, computerized database for crime investigators that went live.

"It's an area of high security, it's necessary that we have access to this, through a chip, which what's more is unremovable," Macedo told reporters.

[Beetwasher]

1. Wow, That's Fuckin' Crazy!

n/t

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Now that everybody knows he has it, any abductor would

either cut it out of his arm or just cut his arm off.

[The Sushi Bandit]

4. My dog and cats each have one

maybe they could spoof their security system!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. gives the word hacked new meaning

[metisnation]

3. I wish they could put one in laura and GW

so they could act like humans rather than theocratic droids.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

17. Our leaders have had them for quite a while now

Does not seem to help their personalities any though, does it>?

[stevedeshazer]

28. Do you have a link to that?

If that were true, wouldn't it be an explosive story?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

32. No, it is quite top secret, and some think it is a tin foil hat thing

but, many, many people know about it.

Medical people in the military, federal agents of various stripe, you know, the usual cast of characters who can't say why they know something, just that they do.

[stevedeshazer]

33. If it's for real

It's not tinfoil stuff!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

34. I can assure you, it is for real.

But, I cannot cite a source. While in the military stationed in DC, I had occasion to come to know about it. That is about all I can say.

[stevedeshazer]

35. yikes!

:scared:

[havocmom]

36. Hmmmmm, members of Congress too?

J. Edgar would have loved that little tool. Be able to see where everyone is all the time. Easy to see who is naughty or nice and then blackmail them! Would explain an awful lot, wouldn't it?

[AngryAmish]

5. The Mark of the Beast

First!

[aquart]

6. Access to a database?

Did they also give him a USB port? Or is he now wireless?

Can he enter hospitals? Travel on aircraft?

[Xithras]

7. Why not?

If they get miniaturized a bit more, I'd love to have one implanted. It would make home "personalization" fun :)

[Don_G]

8. So....

It's linked to his iPod, political career, financial database and whatever his Presidentie decides in the future?

[UTUSN]

10. Oh, Thought ASSCRACK Had a Chip Put In

to tell him when his shots were due.

[daleo]

11. It might explain "Let the Eaaaaagle Soar"

n/t

[LiberalFighter]

16. Nooooooooooooo

to make sure that he never got aroused in public while ogling bare breasted statutes.

[Minstrel Boy]

12. "I'd rather carry a ten-ton boulder,

than lug around this chip in my shoulder."


http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paranoidlarry

[Bo]

13. My friend in Saudi Arabia has a chip

Hes been a oil worker for over 20 years and cant give up the money so he had a GPS chip implanted in him incase of kidnapping. He says they can locate him quite easily and that most upper mngt. now has them.

[LiberalFighter]

18. So when will kidnappers figure out how to eliminate the problem?

Bet plenty of them have GPS devices and will figure out how to identify those implanted.

[fob]

27. Is that so they can recover the head to go along with the body?

That makes no effing sense at all. Let's say this guy get's abducted, what the fuck is the chip gonna do? It's just gonna keep beeping it's location until someone NOTICES a problem with the guy not showing up, or sees him on a video being held hostage. Even if they do see him and activate a search, you think the abductors are just gonna let him go when the choppers circle overhead?

No offense to you and your friend, Bo. These are mostly my incredulous rhetorical questions about a world gone mad.

[sourhoot]

31. Chip

Wonder if the abductors will think of cutting his arms off?

[Matilda]

14. Does this mean that if he goes walkies by himself,

and gets picked up and put in the pound, they will know who to
call to bail him out?

[Placebo]

15. I want a microchip implant.

It would be cool :)

[Bridget Burke]

22. Are you sure you don't already have one?

Is your mind really your own?

[US_Blues]

19. chips implanted in people is inevitable

I don't post often, but I love to lurk here at DU. I'm own a market research firm that studies RFID technology (among others) and I foresee chip implants as a logical extension of the market demand for consumer information. I'd be happy to answer any questions on the technology if anyone here is interested.

[anarchy1999]

20. Usually we say welcome to new DU'ers, this time I'm saying save

yourself and GET LOST!!!!!!!!!!!! Take you and your Market Research firm and go to another board. Sorry.

[US_Blues]

26. thanks for the advice

I'm not sure what part of my post you took offense to. I don't make these chips, nor do I advocate them, I just happen to know a lot about them and who is using them for what purpose. I thought I was being helpful by offering up information about a subject I spend a lot of time monitoring, but apparently you either know everything there is to know about the technology or your loathing for market research trumps any appreciation for a subject matter expert with deep concerns for the privacy and disclosure problems that are coming with RFID.

I'll be sure to check with you next time I consider posting my opinions or offering to help where I can, I wouldn't want to upset your delicate sensibilities.

[struggle4progress]

25. So like instead of getting one of those "preferred customer" cards ...

at the grocery store, I'd get a chip implant? and the store would be able to analyze how much time I spent shopping for yogurt or pretzels or breakfast crunch?

[newyawker99]

29. Hi US_Blues!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[US_Blues]

30. cheers

Thanks newyawker, its great to be here. This is one of the few refuges where I find people as outraged as I am about where this country is going, and more over, willing to do something about it.
:hi:

[Lostnote03]

38. Question?

.......I recall a small article a few yrs ago projecting the image of GPS implants as a potential target for the fashion industry.....I guess it could be comparable to what a red Corvette convertible would do for your sex life....Also mentioned was the potential for eyeware (fashionable)assessories that could uplink to the net as one strolls around......Have you discussed the methods of approach in making this an acceptable consumable product?

[shanti]

21. oh shyt

it's starting to snowball.

[robcon]

23. The kidnapping industry in Mexico City is so huge,

I assume anyone who can afford them already has them. I guess, as a public figure, he had to admit that he had the procedure.

[blueknight]

24. in mexico,

the chip probably cost more then they have in the whole country

[yellowcanine]

37. Damn, I thought it was Ashcroft getting the mark of the beast

Wouldn't that shake up the fundy "left behind" rapture crowd?