Version: 2008
  • On CBS MoneyWatch: Report: Tiger to Pay Wife $60 Million

Comments on: Patients, doctors staying away from implantable RFID chips

RFID chip company gets ho-hum response to its initial public offering, partly because only 222 people have gotten chipped.

Add a Comment (Log in or register) (12 Comments)
  • prev
  • 1
  • next
What a surprise
by vm019302 February 12, 2007 4:07 PM PST
What kind of moron would go for this?
Reply to this comment
What kind of moron?
by GoodDogDan February 6, 2008 9:44 PM PST
I would. So should you and yours if you travel in unfamiliar countries. Due to poor health, I cannot join my wife on a planned trip to her mothers place of birth, Gibraltar. Should anything happen, I want the authorities to be able to find her. We all know about female security issues. When she returns home, out it comes, if she desires....Good Dog Dan
666
by t8 February 12, 2007 5:17 PM PST
There are probably 666 reasons why you shouldn't. But one day it will be compulsory.
Reply to this comment
I'm surprised by the low sales.
by zaznet February 12, 2007 7:44 PM PST
Why hasn't the criminal justice system picked up on this to track inmates? It's an obvious use that would reduce the costs for these state and federal agencies.
Reply to this comment
RFID chips
by solarflair February 12, 2007 9:34 PM PST
no thanks, it will be a cold day in hell before I get any implant so I can be tracked. however, if you are a convicted child molester, then these chips should be used to monitor that person for the rest of there natural lives.
New Atom Bomb
by the1kingarthur February 13, 2007 6:10 AM PST
I have no doubt that the Atomic Bomb saved millions of lives when used to end World War Two. But it was like opening Pandora's box, and choosing between the lesser of two evils. Since the creation of the Atomic Bomb, the world has lived in fear ever since.

The only reason we have not had an Atomic War is there has not yet been a mad man/woman in power in any major nation such as the United States, the USSR, or even China. An all out Atomic War would be insane, and an end to civilization as we know it.

We opened Pandora's box and ended World War Two. Are we once again going to open another Pandora's box the RFID Chips and place the world in total fear once more? To say that it would be like living in Nazi Germany would be understatement.

The only comparison I can possibly imagine is that Humans would be place in a time equal to that of the Dark Ages.

Quite possibly we as a civilization just did not realize the implications of the Atomic Bomb after it was used. Maybe we just did not have the foresight, or technology. We can no longer used that excuse, nor can we justify releasing the contents of this new Pandora's box upon the world by any measure of the imagination, economic, or other social benefit.

The risk is just too great, and the fear is so unimaginable. And for all the readers who attempt to justify the use of RFID chips as a scientific achievement for the good of human kind are fools. RFID chips are not like Penacillian, or the Polio vaccine. The only possible risk associated with Penacillian, or the Polio vaccine would be the refusal to someone deemed undesirable by those in power.

Would the refusal to use RFID chips cost lives? Would stopping production put people at risk? Is it the universal savior that brings world peace? No, and don't be a fool and look for some justification to place such power in the hands of those who seek nothing more than profit, power and self gratification. Don't do it. Stop it now before it's too late.

And don't listen to such garbage as " I can protect my child by tracing them. " There are other means. First and foremost is learning to become a good parent.
Reply to this comment
Use it to protect people, especially children...
by oneDizzyDevil February 14, 2007 5:54 AM PST
They should target prisions and for tracking child molesters and other criminals. Know where they are at by tracking their movements, know when they enter a shopping mall or enter/to near a school or a playground.
Reply to this comment
RE: Use it to protect people, especially children
by the1kingarthur February 14, 2007 7:25 AM PST
The question is " Will it stop there?" or even a better question " Who will have access, and who will control it?"

There are other means available that are much more efficient and cost effective. Let me pose a another question: Felons are required to give DNA upon their conviction. This DNA will be used to find suspects in years to come once the felon is released.

Now what happens to that DNA if the person is found scientifically without a doubt innocent?

Do they destroy the DNA, or remove it's listing on the National Criminal database? At this writing there has never been one instance where when a person has been proven innocent that their DNA has been destroyed or removed from the National Criminal database.

Absolute Power corrupts absolutely.
Reply to this comment
666
by Hellbent_free February 14, 2007 1:11 PM PST
"There are probably 666 reasons why you shouldn't. But one day it will be compulsory. "

Now that would be a Revelation wouldn't it? :)
Reply to this comment
When to use it
by thedreaming February 15, 2007 8:57 AM PST
Convicts, People in the military, People that work in government agencies, idiots. They should all be chipped and when they are doing something they shouldn't be a nearby radio should say, "and this message is for Bob. Bob, get away from that 12 year old boy! and now back to our program!"
Reply to this comment
VeriChip Fatal Flaw
by cognation July 2, 2007 9:22 AM PDT
This basic technology has a serious FATAL flaw that is under-
reported:
The super-magnets used in MRI scanning causes The Chip to rip
through body tissues at the speed of a bullet.
The other serious drawback is that the 'passive' circuitry is
ALWAYS ON, continuously receiving and re-transmitting the RF
energy ubiquitous in the modern environment. The effects of
continuous exposure to such forces are virtually unstudied, and
there is no evidence that humans are somehow immune to them.
Reply to this comment
by josepach December 23, 2008 7:08 PM PST
Like anything in life, you must look at consequences, who will benefit, who will suffer, the pros and the cons, etc.

You must also consider your own ignorance or at least question your ability to make a decision, and whether you are capable of making an educated decision. Are you knowledgeable enough, can you foresee things, can you see the big picture if life and realize the multiplicity of things that would be affected by even a single act, through history.

In the case of this VeriChip. The only reason the company is desperately looking for its acceptance is for profit. They did the accounting, and figured on millions of people to be stupid enough to get tagged like a sheep or a cow. Since that has not happened and they are strapped for cash, they will try to survive, by trying to get the government, hospitals, the media, and people in general to adopt this evil device. In their attempt at this, they will try, through the media, etc., to appeal to your ignorance, fears, insecurities, and for some people, there lack of intelligence, to get you to accept being tagged like an animal.

You must like I said, be able to see the TRUE reason for this. If you do not believe in the bible, then you will not believe the reason is evil, as in the MARK OF THE BEAST. Consider this, the bible predicted this. If you are full of sin, you will be blinded by this truth.

This is the chain of future events as they will unfold for the adoption of this evil chip:
(1) First people were conditioned with electronic cards, debit cards, shopping cards, etc.
(2) People were condition with piercings and tattoos, so they would be used to and more willing to accept another impregnation into their flesh.
(3) Next will be the REAL ID card.
(4) Next will be the voluntary or involuntary RFID chip in your body.
(5) Next it will be compulsory to get the RFID chip, for you will not be able to even function in modern society without it, PER DESIGN. This will be so that you will be the slave to the elite, otherwise known as the Illuminati. If you just think this is some conspiracy junk, you are gravely mistaken, Even if you are not religious, you will be just as affected, you will be a slave to the elite and wealthy. As there will be the slaved and the wealthy only then.

Most people, especially in the developed countries, and especially in the USA, have been conditioned for over 100 years, to accept more and more abuse, degradation of human rights, to behave more and more immorally, and on and on.

Do the research yourself, and if you are not already morally or spiritually dead, the TRUTH will come out. You can try to kill truth; but all you can do is hide it or suppress it for a time.

I would rather be DEAD than be tagged for slavery!
Reply to this comment
(12 Comments)
  • prev
  • 1
  • next
advertisement

Latest tech news headlines

RSS Feeds

Add headlines from CNET News to your homepage or feedreader.

More feeds available in our RSS feed index.

advertisement