Re: BBC News w/Children's Comments!!

You are presenting information regarding the scanning of fingerprints, not chip implants.  (The one implant you listed was by those who chose to do it to themselves, for their own personal use, not by someone else.)  All I can say for fingerprint scanning is BRAVO!  The technology has been around for ages, it has been used by industry for its employees for a long time, and it is much, much safer than giving a child a credit card.  Everyone has a unique finger print, we don't need implants.  I'd far rather carry around my fingerprint than a plastic, easily lost or stolen credit card any day.  I think it's a fantastic way to go.

If you read the AARP information below, you will find that there are 10 million Americans who are victims of identity theft, every year!!!!  Your lack of concern for 10 million Americans per year will come to a screeching halt when you yourself become a victim.

You are still operating in a fear filled illogical mode.

from AARP: http://www.aarp.org/research/frauds-scams/fraud/fs122_id_theft.html

The Social Security Administration estimates that approximately 227 million individuals currently have Social Security numbers (SSNs).¹ Because both government agencies and private businesses use SSNs for a wide range of non-Social Security purposes, the SSN has become a de facto national identifier. For this reason, SSNs are much sought after by identity thieves, who use these numbers to assume the identity of another individual and commit fraud. With an estimated 10 million individuals being victimized by identity theft each year, preventing identity thieves from obtaining SSNs is increasingly essential to helping protect individuals from fraud.