The Inquirer's Nick Farrell reports that VeriChip is lobbying the U.S. government to implant its RFID chips under the skin of the right arm of 1.4 million U.S. soldiers, to replace dog tags.

But The Examiner's David Francis and Bill Myers say the chip, as implanted in Wired Magazine's Annalee Newitz, has already been hacked by software engineer Jonathan Westhues. "VeriChip puts absolutely no security on this at all," Newitz says. "There's no encryption, no security features."

"These are basically modified pet tags," Newitz says, adding that she's "stunned" that VeriChip wants to put the device into troops. "You're not concerned that your pet's tag might be read by an enemy on the field."