Big Brother: Satellites Track Kidnap Victims

 

Satellites Are Used For Tracking Humans

Big Brother is at it again.  Now, Mexicans who fear for their lives can get a tiny transmitter implanted under their skin that can be tracked via satellites. 

Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips

By Mica Rosenberg

QUERETARO, Mexico (Reuters) – Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.

…More people, including a growing number of middle-class Mexicans, are seeking out the tiny chip designed by Xega, a Mexican security firm whose sales jumped 13 percent this year. The company said it had more than 2,000 clients.

…The company injects the crystal-encased chip, the size and shape of a grain of rice, into clients’ bodies with a syringe. A transmitter in the chip then sends radio signals to a larger device carried by the client with a global positioning system in it, Xega says. A satellite can then pinpoint the location of a person in distress. (more… )