DSS surveillance tech from Japan makes George Orwell upset
By Vladislav Savov 
posted Jul 5th 2009 1:31AM
posted Jul 5th 2009 1:31AM
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You gotta stop with "impeding doom because of electronics"
That wont happen until 2012 :P
A list of 4 People who'd benefit from GPS implants.
#5 Natalee Holloway
#4 Jimmy Hoffa
#3 Chandra Levy
#2 Laci Peterson
#1 Elvis Presley
As far as I'm concerned, implants take all the fun out of missing persons reports.
Someday I'll be able to type a person's name into my iPhone 3GSP15 and be able to see the missing person's blue dot on Google Maps and then plot a course to meet up with them.
@quantumphysics
i'd count again
@username: Jimmy Hoffa and Elvis are clearly the same person, didn't you know that?
Are there actually transmitting implants that work over a range longer than and inch from the skin? (I mean outside scifi shows.) And if there were, would murderers not simply burn/grind or bury the body 6 feet deep to solve such issues? Or put the body in a metal box, say a car trunk.
DSS surveillance tech from Japan is cool
At first, I was completely mesmerized by the tie and didn't even notice the camera in the pocket.
no.....2012 is not the electronic apocalypse, it is the one where we get struck by a planet... the electronic apocylapse is in 2015
This creeps me out..
it's like sure we've all seen 1984, but no one really ever does anything to stop it. can't wait for mandatory gps enabled collars for everyone!
It's collaborators like you that make Agent Smith smile.
me and smith are pals y'all
http://ecoharp.com/custom/evil-agent-smith.jpg
Actually I've never seen 1984 but i read the book sometime in high school, too bad most of our politicians have yet to give it a read.
Collaboration is not the same as fatalism. It's gonna happen whether we fight it or not. And the problem isn't that the politicians HAVEN'T read the book... it's that they HAVE read the book. >_>
I believe they have stuff like this at Canon too. There's hallways that if you don't walk (more like sprint) down fast enough an alarm starts going off; along with no chairs at your desk and meetings. I think there's some other stuff too but I can't remember it.
List of 5 people AFRAID that technology will lead to GPS/RFID implants
#5 child kidnappers
#4 adult kidnappers
#3 the maffia
#2 foreign governments
#1 terrorists.
I like to go and watch old french films with a friend, and would not be able to live down anyone else knowing(family, friends, coworkers, FEDS) so add me to that list. infact add just about anyone else to that list.
@chuuchdizzle
if you don't want anyone to know, i suggest not mentioning it on the internet. oops, too late.
At least you got the math RIGHT this time. -1
@username
That's alright, the internet is anonymous right? (fetching chuuchdizzle's ip)
Can't they already do this with RFID chips that are embedded in the employee ID's that they make everyone wear?
George is gettin'' upset!
Article I read somewhere(possibly here) that Apple are really tight on leaking stuff(prototypes concepts etc) and tend to make sure that various folk don't see what they shouldn't. So having these could make sure that frank from accounting doesn't wander into the R&D dept.
japan is turning into a prison island.
It'll fit right in with the prison planet we're building.
Escape From Japan
Not really on-topic, but is Vladislav new? :D
I bet americans are shocked and outraged, that is until someone comes up with the lamest and thinnest of excuses and then suddenly they are outraged at people refusing it.
I reference history to come to that conclusion.
This seems like a good idea from a Japanese standpoint, considering the whole country is pretty much corrupt. I understand why they would need this. DO YOU?
i kinda like the idea of an rfid chip for certain crimminals, but as far as gps implants.... dont you have a cell phone, they can already find you
Or find the one that stole it, or you gave it to, or the coyote you tied it to :)
P.S. GPS is passive, I think we should come up with a new term to describe GEO-location using GPS devices tied to a transmitter.
How about GPSO, GPS-Orwellian?
You know, maybe the companies that are considering such measures should look at why they have issues with employees not behaving responsibly instead of coming down on them with stupid forms of monitoring. At my work, they do a yearly employee survey and actually spend some time talking with different departments about the results to see what they can do to improve the situation.