Human Tagging!

Is this even ethically acceptable? What are we coming to? We are the Borg! You will be assimilated, Resistance is Futile!

VeriChip, the company that makes Human-Implantable RFID (Radio Frequency identity) Chips have announced recently the sale of this new technology for implantation in Newborns, and military enlisted personnel

The technology is simple, A little chip-in-a-capsule is implanted under the skin and is activated by using a RF receiver. It has a unique identity so everyone is different than the others.

The US Government started adding these little chips inside the Passports as a security measure (although I doubt the actual security behind it being all that strong, but that's a different issue)

The problem I have with this is that this will violate everyone's privacy. The minute you walk into a department store they will know your complete history in addition to other things and might be able to target advertising to cater to your trends. But WHO gave them the right or my authorization to do this? Besides, I don't want someone to track my geo-location and be able to pin point me at any second (a little modification to your cell phone might allow it to transmit your RFID, but if you have a cell phone on you anyway you're locatable)

Anyway, if you though Blog Tagging was nasty, imagine how troubling this might be. I am not a machine or a piece of merchandise that a manufacturer wants to track, As a human being I refuse to be identified this way. Hey, What happened to the retinal scanners that will identify you just by looking at you (Similar to the "Minority Report" movie)

Who knows what's next. But I'm not happy with this progress! Just for the fact that this RFID adds nothing to your brain activity, and doesn't enhance any of your physical abilities.

The other issue, is the implications of long term exposure to radiation (no matter how seldom it's being used to transmit, it's freaken doing it literally under-your-skin) Would this pause any health risks? And in Infants. My god!