Subdermal RFID -- chipping people -- is the specialty of VeriChip Corp, aka Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. They've announced 4 exclusive distributorships which have committed to purchasing a total of 66,000 VeriChips over the next 5 years. Along with the chips, the distributors have committed to 4,900 scanners.
Press release:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040325005220&newsLang=en
Reminds me of the Mark of the Beast.
Revelations Chapter 13 and verses 16-18
Man is not an animal to be tagged and followed through the wild. This is another step toward a complete lack of privacy. I'd rather have my identity stolen and all my assests lost than to be tagged subdermally in order to protect my identity.
We could just go back to using money and stop swipping our credit cards all over town.