Topic: Company requires RFID injection (Read 2170 times)

Nemesis · « **on:** February 11, 2006, 05:20:00 pm »

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Although the company does not require the microchips be implanted to maintain employment, anyone without one will not be able to access the datacenter, according to a Register article.

Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant’s authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com release.

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When you leave the employment of the company how do they remove your chip? If you change jobs or are a consultant with only temporary access how many of these chips can your body accept before you have problems? How about rejection by the body? What complications do/can occur?

What do they do about people who have religious objections to such chips (number of the beast)?

Javora · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2006, 06:06:46 pm »

In the US there is a Constitutional Amendment protecting Freedom of Religion. Other countries may not have it as easy to make a argument against this practice. I totally disagree with this practice, the only thing this will lead to is people being mutilated so that criminals can gain access the to areas they want. Not to mention the total lack of respect for another human being, but I guess we are nothing but unfeeling animals to them.

Bonk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2006, 07:47:53 pm »

I think its a great idea, I think everyone should be implanted at birth with a device that reports to the government and law enforcement by satellite... oh but wait, then everyone would be subject to the law...

E_Look · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2006, 01:36:56 pm »

If Orwell had been around a decade or two longer and waited to write 1984, I'll bet this would be included in his story.

This is an absolutely horrible idea. It MAY BE better to flip burgers at MickyD's rather than work for people who want you to have an implant like that... and I'm serious.

Jack Morris · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2006, 04:15:56 pm »

Very well said E-Look.

Tus-XC · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2006, 08:32:04 pm »

anyone want to take a bet that in 5 - 10 years this will be incoperated into the armed forces...

E_Look · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2006, 12:03:54 pm »

And they STILL want a volunteer force if they try something like that??

Nemesis · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2006, 05:59:06 pm »

Imagine them used to make sure that only the authorized users can use weapons so the weapons cannot fall into enemy hands. Of course when you must pick up and use the weapon of a fallen comrade it won't work either.

Also wouldn't work if the reader failed on the gun.

Or if the enemy was jamming.

Or the battery died.

But I can still see a company persuading elected officials to put it in.

Jack Morris · « **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2006, 10:00:41 pm »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060213/ap_on_hi_te/security_chips

Seems the Mexicans like the new technology. Screw that...

Tus-XC · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2006, 10:17:24 pm »

Quote from: IKV Nemesis on February 13, 2006, 05:59:06 pm

Imagine them used to make sure that only the authorized users can use weapons so the weapons cannot fall into enemy hands. Of course when you must pick up and use the weapon of a fallen comrade it won't work either.

Also wouldn't work if the reader failed on the gun.

Or if the enemy was jamming.

Or the battery died.

But I can still see a company persuading elected officials to put it in.

I more or less see it for casualties more, just scan their hand and you would know exactly what medications they were one, anything recorded that they suffered from, allergies. thats about the extent of it though, i would see it as a addon to dog tags

E_Look · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2006, 01:00:37 am »

It's better then to hang 'em from the chain with the dog tags rather than implant it in a man. The option... the freedom to remove it at will is a characteristic of being human.

Jack Morris · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2006, 07:56:32 am »

One goes into one of your boots, and the other goes on the chain around your neck, when you go to war. In garrison we wore both around our neck. I would NEVER accept an implant. In 94 the army drew my blood during inprocessing to go into the DNA database, so no problem there. I do not know about the active duty cards now, but on the back of my VA I.D. is the magnetic strip that is readable by a machine and shows my information. TX has the same thing on the drivers licenses and TX state I.D. .

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