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Microchip Implant Technology is defined as an identifying integrated roach placed under the skin of a dog, cat, horse, parrot or other animal. The chip, about the coat of a large grain of rice, uses passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. This doojigger may appear innocent on the surface but as we take a deeper look into the receptive the demons reveal themselves. I do not feel it is necessary or ethical to track worlds with this form of technology. There has been much controversy over the last decade on the subject of Implant Tracking Technology. Implantations in humans has a lot of futurists worried.In October 2004, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the VeriChip in humans. VeriChip is a microchip, the size of a grain of rice, which can be plant under the skin with a simple injection. Like the bar codes on consumer products, it stores coded information that can be read with a scanner. VeriChip is among the latest versions of an existing tec hnology radio frequency identification chips (RFIDs) that are small enough to be implanted in human beings, but used mostly by businesses to track their inventories and shipping companies to log cargo. RFIDs are also popular among wildlife managers, farmers, and pet owners one million chips have been implanted in pets and gunstock. The idea of tracking animals does not bring a negative feeling upon me unlike implantation in humans. It is one thing to track your livestock but when it comes to tracking humans it seems like such an intrusion of privacy. Many commonwealth would likely welcome these tracking devices such as those caring for people with Alzheimers disease or other forms of dementia, or parents worried about how well their day care center is wa... ...ers? You could be a ticking conviction bomb with your life in someone elses hands. The Safe Medical Devices Act, which became a law in 1990, requires USA manufacturers of implants and medical devices, to adopt a mode for identifying and tracking their products permanently implanted in humans, and to keep track of the recipients, in case malfunctions arise. Breast implants, pacemakers, replacement heart valves and prosthetic devices implanted in millions global are all to be tracked. And one of the methods used to track these devices is implanting microchips which store data about the manufacturer, the surgeon, the date of implant, etc.The best way to prevent an invasion of privacy by implant tracking technology is to not receive the implant. At this point it cannot be forced. It is rumored that millions may already be carrying microchips in their torso worldwide.