Killer chip

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Patent for “killer chip” denied in Germany

A Saudi Arabian inventor has filed for a patent on a potentially lethal science fiction-style human tracking microchip, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) said on Friday. But the macabre innovation that enables remote killing will likely be denied copyright protection.

The tiny electronic device, dubbed the “Killer Chip” by Swiss daily Tagesanzeiger, would be suited for tracking fugitives from justice, terrorists, illegal immigrants, criminals, political opponents, defectors, domestic help, and Saudi Arabians who don’t return home from pilgrimages.

After subcutaneous implantation, the chip would send out encrypted radio waves that would be tracked by satellites to confirm the person’s identity and whereabouts. An alternate model chip could reportedly release a poison into the carrier if he or she became a security risk.

Well, if you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to fear. Am I right?

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Incidentally, I had to go looking for an even slightly trustworthy English-language source for this story. For the most part the sites it has appeared on are either blogs reproducing it unquestioningly or the sources that they’re reproducing it from—that is, full-out “agenda news” agencies like Fox or Iran’s darkly amusing Press TV (sample headline: “Jews to blame for US recession”).