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[There are two obvious questions: Should federal bureaucrats forcibly prevent a company from selling implantable chips of this sort? And would it be desirable for society to adopt these chips? I think the answer to the first is "no," and the answer to the second is also "no." I would not stop by government force or intervention people from using such implants, but it is reasonable to be concerned about what might happen with widescale adoption and speak out against it. Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03135.html --Declan] --- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:10:45 -0400 From: Bob <bob@globaldevelopment.org> To: declan@well.com Subject: ID Chip's Controversial Approval References: <5.1.1.6.0.20021021222645.02d76750@mail.well.com> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I find this very disturbing. Another example of how difficult it is to deal with the exponential effects of technology on our linear political sensibilities. Bob Adams <http://www.globaldevelopment.org>http://www.globaldevelopment.org The full story can be found at <http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55952,00.html>http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55952,00.html Wired magazine 02:00 AM Oct. 23, 2002 PDT A surprise decision by the Food and Drug Administration permits the use of implantable ID chips in humans, despite an FDA investigator's recent public reservations about the devices. The FDA sent chip manufacturer Applied Digital Solutions a letter stating that the agency would not regulate the VeriChip if it was used for "security, financial and personal identification or safety applications," ADS said Tuesday. But the FDA has not determined whether the controversial chip can be used for medical purposes, including linking to medical databases, the company added... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------