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Saudi invents killer social chip

by on19 May 2009

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Tries to patent it in Germany


A Mad
Saudi boffin tried to file a patent for a chip which you inject into a person so that the state can know exactly where you are and releases a remote controlled cyanide dispenser if you do something the government does not like.

Ironically he has tried to patent his chip in Germany where 70 years ago such a chip would have been incredibly popular with the government.

The chip is designed to monitor 'undesirables' and consists of a tiny GPS transceiver placed in a capsule and inserted under a person's skin, so that authorities could track him easily.

The inventor said the chip could be used to track terrorists, criminals, fugitives, illegal immigrants, political dissidents, domestic servants and foreigners overstaying their visas. If the authorities deemed that the person was a public threat the chip would kill him at the touch of a button.

While this might work in countries where life is pretty cheap we think that the Germans have largely learnt their lesson about where that sort of power in the hands of politicians ends up.
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