I can log into my Windows device just by looking at it. Surely there are less intrusive ways of authenticating a person before we start embedding technology.
Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
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Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#12I am not religious, but I got enough religious programming in Sunday school that this scares the shiznitz out of me. When this embedded human chip becomes a requirement, I'm moving to an underground bunker Revelations 13:16: And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17: so that no one could buy or sell unless he…
I am not cynical, but I got enough rational programming in life to know that quasi-literate Roman demagogues had no idea what a microchip is, and were more worried about the threatening excesses of Nero than the bumptuous innovations of slightly more literate entrepreneurs whom, two thousand years later, history will regard as even less notable blips on the western cultural radar
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#13>“On the other hand, I mean, people have been implanting things into their body, like pacemakers and stuff to control your heart,” he said. “That's a way, way more serious thing than having a small chip that can actually communicate with devices.” People don't get pacemakers for fun. They get pacemakers because they're medical devices that ensure their hearts beat properly.
Don't you think that's what he means by "way, way more serious"?
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#14I am not religious, but I got enough religious programming in Sunday school that this scares the shiznitz out of me. When this embedded human chip becomes a requirement, I'm moving to an underground bunker Revelations 13:16: And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17: so that no one could buy or sell unless he…
There is a conspiracy theory that barcodes on products are marks of the beast because every single barcode allegedly contains the number 666. This claim is based on the barcodes’ guard bars and how to interpret their meaning. See http://www.av1611.org/666/barcode.html for an explanation.
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#15It would be interesting if such a device had to be enabled for reading by, say, touching the tips of your thumb and finger together (like an "OK" gesture) so you had control over who could read it and when.
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#16I am not religious, but I got enough religious programming in Sunday school that this scares the shiznitz out of me. When this embedded human chip becomes a requirement, I'm moving to an underground bunker Revelations 13:16: And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17: so that no one could buy or sell unless he…
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Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#17Because it's too inconvenient to carry a badge? Or make the badge smaller/nfc-tag-like?
That was my first thought, if you want smaller than a badge, then maybe a ring or bracelet should be tried before an implanted device!
I can't think of any benefits here that a ring/bracelet wouldn't provide, plus the added benefit of removability without surgery.
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#18Is this worth it?
- Health complications, however rare [1], could arise from this.
- It sounds like microchips bond with your tissue. The implictations for removal should be obvious.
- They'll almost certainly need replacing, either due to failure or the technology becoming redundant.
- Far from being cool, early adopters are normalising the idea that employers can tag employees. I'm not OK with this.
That's even discounting the privacy issues:
- People you don't know will be able to scan you for a unique ID, without your consent.
- People will do so.
- Startups will emerge getting licensing deals to put NFC readers in public places and sell the data. And so on and so forth.
These things accomplish less than you can do with a phone. Which most of us never leave home without anyway. Or face recognition, or ID cards, or a pin attached to your coat/shoes.
[1] https://www.avma.org/KB/Resources/FAQs/Pages/Microchipping-o... . Suggests 1 in 10,000 rate of adverse events. Suggest Epicenter gets a good lawyer ;)
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#19It's like they're trying to anger Christian conspiracy theorists.
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#20>And for me it's just a matter of I like to try new things and just see it as more of an enabler and what that would bring into the future
Please do not normalize this shit and drag the rest of us down into your dystopian horror film with you.