Raisey-raison writes "There is a proposal to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme in the UK. The article states that uses are being considered both for home detention as a means of enforcement of punishment as well as for sex offenders after their release. Many view this as a very slippery slope leading to much wider use starting as a purely voluntary act and gradually becoming more compulsory, significantly endangering human rights and privacy. There are also health questions involved given that studies of implants used in the past 12 years have been linked to cancer in lab mice and rats. Ironically the same technology has been proposed for medical purposes as well. In the USA both state and federal agencies have expressed interest."
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