OK, just when you thought the problem with RFID was RFI....
The original url is
http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=74&contentid=900&page=1
Also included at the end are PR from the company itself.
I took out parts marked <more deleted> in the article so that hopefully no
one will get copyright heartburn
over sending the whole thing. Go to the web site for the whole article.
The article is only the first part - see the web page above, and the one at
the end, for more info.
73, Skip
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VeriChip: RFID Microchip Implants for Humans
by URI DOWBENKO
First it was cattle. Then it was pets. Now it's Mexicans.
Will Americans be next?
In Mexico, implantable and trackable micro-chips for humans, which can be
used to store personal information, like medical, military, criminal and
credit history, have been introduced by Applied Digital Solutions of Palm
Beach, Florida.
Its brand name is Verichip, and it's a tiny microchip the size of a grain of
rice that is implanted under the skin.
In Mexico, which is suffering an epidemic of kidnappings for ransom, the
device may be touted as "LoJack for People."
After the chip is implanted, government and hospital officials use a
scanning device to download a serial number to access the name, ID and
personal history of the individual on their computer.
Applied Digital Solutions, which produces the controversial "Digital Angel"
tracking device, as well as the "Verichip," also claims it is developing
technology to use satellites to track people.
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In fact, eventually an entire micro-chipped population can be more easily
tracked, managed and controlled by any government to make sure it’s
compliant to the State's will.
In its report, CNN blithely (and falsely) states that "while the idea of
using the chip to track people has raised privacy concerns in the United
States, the idea has been popular with Mexicans."
This implies that Mexicans don't care about privacy, and will even stand in
line just to get their microchip implants, as long as they will be allowed
to move to the United States.
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According to the press release, "VeriChip is a secure, subdermal, radio
frequency identification (RFID) microchip about the size of a grain of rice
that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency
identification and other applications."
This matter-of-fact description of the device is sure to alarm Christians,
since it may be identified as the proverbial Mark of the Beast from
Revelations, without which “no man might buy or sell save he that had the
Mark.”
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So how do RFIDs work?
Patented in 1973, Radio Frequency Identification tags (RFIDs) are very small
(11 mm) microchips, which act as transponders (a combination of transmitter
and responder), which are always listening for a radio signal sent by the
transceivers, or RFID readers.
When a transponder receives a radio query, it transmits its unique ID code
back to the transceiver.
RFID tags are already in use in the United States, including ID chips for
cats and dogs, EZPass for highway tollbooths, and gas cards like
ExxonMobil's SpeedPass.
Government officials have discussed putting RFID tags on all vital
documents -- paper money, passports, drivers' licenses, passports, stock
certificates, university diplomas, medical degrees/ licenses, birth
certificates, and so on. In other words, these are the documents necessary
for daily life in a "civilized" society.
With implantable microchips containing this information, external microchips
(RFIDs) will be a moot point.
A National ID Card-Chip is the logical extension of this technology.
Currently the VeriChip, an RFID microchip tag, has been sold as a way to
keep track of errant pets, wandering children and mindless Alzheimers
patients.
Future potential uses are, however, much more sinister. For example,
delegates to the Chinese Communist Party Congress were required to wear
RFID-chipped badges, so their movements could be tracked and recorded. The
Chinese correctly assumed that this procedure will cut down on defections to
the West.
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It's not difficult to imagine a future which degenerates into a nightmare
world where all transactions are tracked and stored on a global basis. The
microchip implant makes 24/7 ubiquitous surveillance of any individual a
sobering reality.
Today you can crush, puncture or microwave the RFID tag in the jeans you
bought at Walmart -- but you can't demagnetize it.
If your ID is under your skin, the only way to get rid of it is to dig it
out with an Exacto blade -- a science fiction scenario which is about to
become very real.
Of course, this will also bring about a black market of phoney chips and
reprogrammed IDs.
While the Roman Empire had tesserae (ID tags) for its slaves, the New
American Empire will require more sophisticated devices to keep track of
their "citizens."
Since Global High Tech Feudalism is the political-economic model of the
future, implantable ID chips will be inevitably marketed to young people as
being "cool" -- like the fad for body piercing and tattoos.
VeriChip's own cutesy advertising tagline is "Get Chipped," as in "Hey Mom,
can I get chipped?"
The Human MicroChip Implant Scam is here and now. It is the latest affront
to human liberty and dignity, disguised as a "simple" means for more
"security" and more "comfort."
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Uri Dowbenko is the author of "Bushwhacked: Inside Stories of True
Conspiracy", available at Barnes and Noble and Borders stores nationwide.He
can be reached at u.dowbenko@lycos.com
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – May 23, 2003 –Find Me, LLC, the distributor for VeriChip™
in Louisiana is pleased to announce the latest identification technology
available to the financial, law enforcement, security and, subject to FDA
approval, medical fields.
Joyce Bullard, the CEO of Find Me, LLC, will “Get Chipped” by local
physician, Vincent Kidd, M.D., in Metairie on May 29th, 2003, to kick off
her company’s marketing effort in Louisiana. The subdermal VeriChip is a
radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip about the size of a grain of
rice. Ms. Bullard became interested in VeriChip and related GPS
emergency-location technology after the Baton Rouge serial killer murdered
Pam Kinamore, her best friend’s sister.
Commenting on the VeriChip technology, Ms. Bullard said: “VeriChip provides
an enormous opportunity for many different industries. From curbing identity
theft and fraudulent access to banking, aiding control of authorized access
to government installations and private-sector buildings, to future
developments involving implantable GPS technology that could aid in finding
missing children, VeriChip is an amazing breakthrough in identification and
personal safeguard technology.”
For more information about plans for the May 29th chipping procedure and
informational program afterwards, media in the New Orleans area are invited
contact Joyce Bullard (Tel: 504-858-0946; Email: joyce@findmellc.com) or
Jennifer Ansardi, LeBlanc & Schuster Public Relations (Tel: 504-833-5703;
Email: jansardi@leblanc-schuster.com). For more information about Find Me,
LLC, visit www.findmellc.com.
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PALM BEACH, FL– May 13, 2003 – Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ADSX), an advanced technology development company, today announced that it
has developed and successfully field tested a working prototype of what the
company believes is the first-ever subdermal GPS “personal location device”
(PLD). Field testing and follow-up laboratory testing of the disk-shaped
prototype confirm that the specially designed antenna and the
induction-based power-recharging method function properly.
The dimensions of this initial PLD prototype are 2.5 inches in diameter by
0.5 inches in depth, roughly the size of a pacemaker. As the process of
miniaturization proceeds in the coming months, the Company expects to be
able to shrink the size of the device to at least one-half and perhaps to as
little as one-tenth the current size.
The induction-based power-recharging method is similar to that used to
recharge implantable pacemakers. This recharging technique functions without
requiring any physical connection between the power source and the implant.
Dr. Peter Zhou, Vice President and Chief Scientist of Applied Digital
Solutions, said: “We’re very encouraged by the successful field testing and
follow-up laboratory testing of this working PLD prototype. The specially
designed antenna is working as planned. While reaching the working prototype
stage represents a significant advancement in the development of PLD, we
continue to pursue further enhancements, especially with regard to
miniaturization and the power supply. We should be able to reduce the size
of the device dramatically before the end of this year.”
Last year, the Company announced that it was accelerating development of PLD
in response to demand from high-risk countries and other potential
customers. The exact timing of commercial availability of PLD is unclear
pending further technological refinements and achieving any required
regulatory clearances. The PLD technology builds on United States Patent
Number 5,629,678 for a "personal tracking and recovery system" which Applied
Digital acquired in 1999.
In its PLD announcement last year, the Company said it is committed to
providing customers with a full range of “personal safeguard technologies”
that enhance personal safety, security and peace of mind. Other technologies
in the Company’s line-up of life-enhancing technologies include VeriChip™,
Digital Angel™, and Thermo Life™.”
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PALM BEACH, FL– July 17, 2003 – Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ADSX), an advanced technology development company, announced today that its
exclusive distributor of VeriChip™ products and services in Mexico is
launching “SOLUSAT MEDICA,” a special unit designed to promote the many
healthcare-related applications of VeriChip in Mexico.
VeriChip is a secure, subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID)
microchip about the size of a grain of rice that can be used in a variety of
security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. In
October 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that VeriChip
is not a regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal
identification/safety applications but that VeriChip's healthcare
information applications are subject to regulation by the FDA in the United
States. In other countries, including Mexico, the regulatory status of
VeriChip quite often differs from the treatment the technology has received
by regulators in the United States.
The kickoff event and press conference, scheduled to begin today at 8:45
a.m. (CT) at the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, will feature a live
“chipping” procedure, along with testimonials from four additional people
who have been “chipped” recently in Mexico. The press conference will also
include presentations about SOLUSAT MEDICA’s plans for marketing VeriChip to
the healthcare community in Mexico.
Approximately 40 TV, radio and print journalists are expected to cover the
press conference and live “chipping” - a simple, outpatient procedure that
requires only a few minutes for a local anesthetic and insertion of the chip
with a specially designed needle
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