Recently, a colleague told me (Dan Gillmor) he'd learned of a company that was planning to sell a location-tracking chip designed to be implanted into human beings. He said he'd put one in his newborn daughter.

I was appalled, as he expected. He suggested we write a point/counterpoint pair of essays on this subject. Here's how they came out:

• Mike Langberg: I would do it in a minute as a way to protect my child.
• Dan Gillmor: Electronic leash would undermine our values.

The chip they are talking about is Digital Angel, and was mentioned on this site recently. Click for the archive news entry that contains it. I have also listed the articles separately so they will get picked up by the XML/RSS news feeds.

San Jose Mercury News - I would do it in a minute as a way to protect my child.

San Jose Mercury News - Electronic leash would undermine our values.