The unabomber was .. never mind.

Gummint health care don't need no stinking patent.

In 1999 I asked my boss, a  physicist by training, about an idea I had for a novel.  The central theme was this.  A chip is developed which government mandates be inserted into all newborns, in the back of their heads.  Ostensibly done to find lost and kidnapped children.  Parents loved  the idea for the peace of mind it offered.  Thing  is, the chips were coded by race.  And contained a small explosive that, when detonated by selective satellite signal, caused instantaneous death.  Would Henry Waxman like that technology, or what?  Anyway, the boss said it wouldn't work for some reason I forgot.  Instead of writing the novel, I did nothing. This story rang that bell.  “ A Saudi inventor was recently denied a German patent for what is being described as a "killer chip". What is a killer chip? Cooler Ranch Doritos, hands down. The basic model would consist of a tiny GPS transceiver placed in a capsule and inserted under a person's skin, so that authorities could track him easily. Model B would have an extra function -- a dose of cyanide to remotely kill the wearer without muss or fuss if authorities deemed he'd become a public threat. The inventor said the chip could be used to track terrorists, criminals, fugitives, illegal immigrants, political dissidents, domestic servants and foreigners overstaying their visas. "The invention will probably be found to violate paragraph two of the German Patent Law -- which does not allow inventions that transgress public order or good morals If the aliens have taught us anything, it's that the key to successful human tracking is NOT LETTING THE HUMANS KNOW. You embed a cyanide chip under my skin and guess what -- I'm cutting it out. With my teeth. Oh I'm sorry, was that too hardcore for you? Yeah, well one time I ate two of my own toes because I hadn't eaten dessert. Saudi 'Killer Chip' Implant Would Track, Eliminate Undesirables [foxnews] ”