A rash of kidnappings in Mexico has compelled the well-off to buy a $4,000 GPS chip that’s implanted under the skin. The chip, called Verichip, is created by a company called Xega, is about the size of a grain of rice, and is used in conjunction with an off-site (well, off-body) unit that tracks the chip’s location.
So, in a perfect world, if your loved one is kidnapped, at least you’ll know where he or she is.
(Now, the kidnappers could circumvent this by, saying, removing the chip from the body (removing a limb, perhaps), or by destroying the off-site unit.)
The chip, in addition to the one-time fee of $4,000, requires a $2,200 yearly fee.
I think it’s safe to say that many of us on staff aren’t worth that kind of money.
via Reuters
What a useless device. Obviously if you get separated from the larger tracking device then it defeats the whole purpose of having the smaller chip embedded in your skin
yay for cutting off fingers of whom you kidnap! great idea how about they make a embedded alarm inside your toes to another part of the body eaisly chop off’ible
This is an invasion of pure privacy, The fact that this technology exists is horrible. One day it will put into the wrong hands and BAM! world domination.
FAIL!
aha; EPIC fail.
This is ridiculous. Why don’t you put it in their back or somewhere where they can’t easily chop it off. Paying 4 thousand dollars just to get your kids finger chopped off.
No one said they put it in your fingers.
Clearly it is put somewhere in the persons main body part. The prob is as said both in the news item and the first post, find the off body global tracking unit and smash it. Then the chip is useless.
Yeah, this is definately a worthless device. It’s certainly not worth 4,000 dollars to have your kid’s finger chopped. I guess it’s the thought that counts, though. It was an idea at least. Shame it’s such a failure, though!!!
This gadget is great!!however, our technology is not yet that advanced. it is a fake news.
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Hahaha “catch the perpetrators in real time” — in Mexico… hahahaha that was even funnier than implanting a chip that doesn’t work 10 sec. after being kidnapped.