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May 26, 2007
Are microchip implants for offenders inevitable?
Among lots and lots of good new stuff at Corrections Sentencing is a link to this AP story from Oklahoma:
Legislation that would authorize microchip implants in people convicted of violent crimes was sent back to a committee yesterday. This after state House members questioned whether the proposal would violate constitutional civil liberties.
The measure, approved by the Senate, authorizes microchip implants for persons convicted of one or more of 19 violent offenses who have to serve at least 85 percent of their sentence. The tiny electronic implants are commonly used to keep track of pets and livestock, but several House members questioned whether their forced use in people would be unconstitutionally invasive.
As highlighted in this article, a West Palm Beach Alzheimer's care center is talking about placing microchips into its patients; and this article notes that a "deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has been implanted with a microchip that will give emergency doctors access to his medical information."
I would wager it is only a matter of time before these kinds of technocorrections really take off.
UPDATE: A very helpful reader pointed me to this on-point recent article in one of Ohio State's own journals about human tracking technology. The article is by William Herbert and is entitled "No Direction Home: Will The Law Keep Pace With Human Tracking Technology to Protect Individual Privacy and Stop Geoslavery?" Here is the abstract:
Increasingly, public and private employers are utilizing human tracking devices to monitor employee movement and conduct. Due to the propensity of American labor law to give greater weight to employer property interests over most employee privacy expectations, there are currently few limitations on the use of human tracking in employment. The scope and nature of current legal principles regarding individual privacy are not sufficient to respond to the rapid development and use of human tracking technology. The academic use of the phrase geoslavery to describe the abusive use of such technology underscores its power. This article examines the use of such technology under current federal and state law and suggests potential means for developing greater legal protections against the abusive use of the technology and the intrusion into personal privacy.
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For future offenders, wouldn't an agreement by the offender to have one of these implanted in him in exchange for good time credit or as part of a plea deal get the job done?
Posted by: federalist | May 26, 2007 7:07:25 PM
Before we guess too much about this, I hope the legislature considers the potential physical risks and dangers chips pose, for example, in the context of MRI examinations. And just what is the range of detection such devices present? For example, the deputy sheriff's micro-chip does not enable him to be tracked.
Posted by: cid | May 26, 2007 8:29:42 PM
It would be a cold day in hell before I wore one of those things. Does "Mark of the Beast" come to mind? I know, I may be paranoid, but I wouldn't want it.
Posted by: ZMan | May 26, 2007 8:48:10 PM
Have we no limits? This is a per se unreasonable seizure. Put differently, this is flat-out un-American.
Posted by: rothmatisseko | May 27, 2007 1:42:43 AM
I am a innocent victim of geoslavery. I trusted and dated someone who had access to the microchip and used it on me. It doesn't show up on MRI. It's more than just tracking, it can inflict pain. Nothing I've tried (Doctors and Medicine)so far has worked and it's now been 10 yrs. I wish there was something I could do about having mine confirmed and removed or compensated. HELP
Posted by: Valerie | Aug 2, 2007 10:09:43 AM
i have a chip in me placed there by st.paul mn police dept in alliance with other federal agency.
Posted by: aaron ott | Jun 16, 2008 11:45:09 AM
if the chip is in the ear preasure as in the kind you get from taking a trip on a plane will dislodge it as my did now its my turn to torture them.
Posted by: aaron ott | Jun 16, 2008 11:50:05 AM
i need too help some people and be helped here is my email address aaronott517@yahoo.com
Posted by: aaronott517@yahoo.com | Jun 16, 2008 11:52:37 AM
Im 31 years old from the philippines im really upset and i fear that i may have a micro chip implanted inside my body unconsciously..where do i have to go,?.for 8 years i feel something different that people are tracking me..at first i thought it was just a paranoya thing but when i tried to research in the internet about that microchip thing i beleive i have one. i dont know how but unconsciously i guess i was implanted.could that be possible? how could you help me? where do i have to go? i already have the mark of the beast and im really scared...
Posted by: Renelene Napiza | Oct 30, 2008 6:21:31 PM
I guess im really a victim of circumstances.... I guess i was implanted with a microchip unconsciously i had a lot of things in the past and im always trying to remember each detail that i went through before.it felt like a true disaster and disappointment.I tried to research from the internet about thie microchips because i beleive i have one.for 8 years im experiencing a lot of things, things that are really unusual.sometimes when i come to realized things a lot of questions un answered
how could i have the mark of the beast.I lost everything!!! my face, my privacy, my rights
and especially my life...im so so scared for my children and my whole family i really dont know what to do, i really want to stop this things that are really bugging me for a long time..sometimes i feel like its better for me to die than to have this thing and to let people
invade my own privacy.NO LIFE AT ALL I GUESS IM SO MISERABLE.... HELP!!!!!!
Posted by: Renelene N | Oct 30, 2008 6:29:55 PM
I have a Microchip in my ear. I have had it for three year now. I am virbally tortured, electronically shocked and for every second of the the day emotionally tormented. I'm fighting for my rights and my life. HELP!!!!
Posted by: Melissa | Jan 7, 2009 1:39:15 AM
The government wants to control humans like cattle. Who would prevent them from rounding up all people with mental illness or who are old and exterminating them like Hitler did. IBM made the machines that hitler used to tag Jews and scheduled how long they can be worked for before killing them. Say no to microchips - information is power, microchipping would mean you would be giving up all your information. How many people in government can use it against you. Imagine you have someone that doesnt like you. They can change your data and screw your life...
Posted by: tdhsome | Jan 17, 2009 5:53:29 PM
do not worry those of you who were implanted with a microchip unconsciously. It is not like you chose that to happen. Plus i do not think that the mark of the beast has come yet. Have millions of people disappeared from the earth? did those people happen to be Christians? (and not the phony kind the actual born again kind) WEll then i think you should stop worrying. My advice is not to get a microchip implanted in you because you never know it could be dormant, but i am sure they can remove it or you could yourself if you are that worried. And i think your doctor can tell you if you have one or not.
Posted by: dianeross | Apr 17, 2009 8:26:28 PM
