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Britain to Implant Prisoners With Spychips

Ecotopian Yeti | 16.01.2008 10:03 | Repression | Technology | World

Britain to Implant Prisoners With Spychips



The British government is planning to begin implanting machine readable microchips under the skin of thousands of convicts to help enforce home curfews. The Independent of London reports radio frequency identification or RFID tags would be surgically inserted into the former prisoners. The spychips would contain scannable personal information about individuals, including their identities, address and criminal record. The government is also investigating how it could use satellite and radio-wave technology to monitor the released prisoners.

 http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/15/headlines

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  1. Spot the difference — ...
  2. Where is it? — Paul T
  3. Mad Proposal No 94: Straw Wants Prisoners Microchipped — Paul T
  4. Not even a feasible plan — Steve
  5. Tip of the iceberg — Chris
  6. Sounds like Harrison Bergeron: — Harrison Bergeron
  7. Business opportunities — Dr X