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Why don't we microchip our possessions like our pets so they can be traced if stolen?
Makes no sense to me why the industry isn't selling these to consumers to put inside their expensive TV's, music players, cell phones, etc., so they can be traced if stolen. What a huge industry, and the police would be able to track the items and catch the bad guys, too. Why isn't this being done? I just had some stuff stolen from me; since microchips are tiny, it would have been no problem to plant one on the goods and let the police go get the thief. I can't believe no one is doing this.................
Little dog, I don't have serial numbers on CD's, umbrellas, shoes, clothes, sunglasses, etc. These are the types of items that were stolen. If they steal stuff with serial numbers that I have supplied to police, it's useless if they remove the numbers, or if they keep the items themselves. Serial numbers are only good if someone goes to every pawn shop or other store where they might be and look at every number on every item. Not gonna happen. If they give to friends or sell on black market, the serial numbers will never been seen.
Classics, microchips are about $6 each and the size of a grain of rice. And you register them when you buy them. If there was a law enforcement network for this, which is what I'm talking about, the scanner would belong to the police and sheriff's departments; I would not have to do anything but apply the chip. It's too bad we don't have this system in our country; they are microchipping Saguaro cactuses, lobsters, birds, pets, razor blade packages in stores, and other stuff to catch thieves. Why not make that across the board?
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- Little DogLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
In theory, that is what serial numbers can be used for. So... you supplied all the serial numbers to the police? Microchips don't call out anywhere - you have to wand them. They would be just about as effective as you just having a picture of the stolen item, along with its manufacturer and model number information. That said, have you called someone (like a Veterinarian who provides that service for pets) to ask about microchipping your stuff?
Certain items are starting to "call home" - some cell phones and computers have tracking ability when they connect to a network.
Bummer your stuff was stolen. Mean people suck.
- classicsatLv 71 decade ago
A number of reasons.
1. If the theives know they are there, they can disable them.
2. Some things (such as jewelery) is too small to chip.
3. You cannot easily chip things that are particularly metal.
Each police department would need at least one reader, and access to a database, which will have the RFID code for each tag. You the may need to subscribe to a service to link your items to that database. Tags won't be cheap, with an association to a database.
