Implanting GPS Chips To Kidnap Risks

from the seems-extreme dept

If you live in South America and think you're at risk of being kidnapped (apparently, a relatively large risk), you can now have a GPS chip implanted in your arm, so that people can track down your location. Of course, this still means that someone needs to find you, which could involve the necessary shootout. Also, I wonder if kidnappers will start looking for such chips and trying to do a "removal" process without any anesthesia.

1 Comments | Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 

Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

  1.  

    gps implanted

    identicon
    tfrost, May 12th, 2002 @ 12:27pm

    what power source do they use on this chip.

    reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]


Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>


A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
From the Techdirt Archive...
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This