Yes, but the crime involved there is not the same. Just becuase you'd be willing to steal someone's keychain doesn't mean you'd be willing to kill or seriously maim to do it. Plus, walking around with human limbs is pretty conspicuous.

The number of people who would rob a bank if it kept its money out on the sidewalk is much higher than the number of people willing to do what it takes to rob a bank when access to the money is much more difficult.

Frog in the kettle.

Yawn. I do not fear any technology just because it might be used for nefarious purposes. Nefarious purposes can be achieved if people really want to independent of technology. I'm more worried about the individuals that are actively trying to violate people's privacy without the aid of any amazing sci-fi paranoia technology than I am of the people developing incredibly useful and practical technology that might be used for wrong purposes.

The tech is fine. Injecting it under the skin isn't tech, though. That is the specific use of a specific technology.

This happens throughout history without anyone realizing it. Look at smoking. In the 60's it was just a warning label. No harm. Then in the 70's it was just about smoke free flights. No problem. Now it's restricting the rights of private property owners.

Do you fear things like technologies for monitoring internet activity? When the tech was developed, it was just tech. Let's build up chemical and biological weapons. That's just tech. You say you don't fear tech that might be used for nefarious purposes, but I would guess that it depends on what that tech is.

And to reiterate, this isn't tech. It's a usage of a tech.

They should chip single gay men. Then they should give me one of them airport wands to wave.

Don't you already have that?

I personally hope for a society where everyone is chipped, the government sees everything, and artificial intelligence threatens our species. Then maybe we'll get some new plots for sci-fi movies.

If the frog also gets to turn the stove on.

As long as people can opt out (even if that makes life more difficult compared to people who don't) then I don't really care.

Besides, these things aren't even intended to track people and couldn't really be used for that purpose. 90% of us (to make up a number but the real one is high) already have consented to carry a tracking device on us at almost all times. So that frog is already mostly dead.

Not really, I fear the nefarious purpose. There's no nefarious purpose here. When there is, I'll oppose it.

(and stupid ajax bug, my previous post was written about an hour before it actually posted)

Airport Wand.