Originally Posted by spinnaker
Yes this is correct. The only use for such a thing would be to identify the bike when found. I doubt if law enforcement or bike stores would want to invest in a scanner for this purpose.
Actually Law enforcement might be very open to the idea. Oh not if it JUST was used for bikes, but it could be used for a huge numebr of items.
BUT thiefs would likely follow suit and soon have the scanners to check for chips and then deal with things. Of course once some models of bikes (and other items) were known to be chipped it would make any such item look stolen if there was no chip response.