I got one of these implanted in my wrist around ten years ago. AMA?
Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
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Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#22I 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 religious, but (bullshit nonsense from Revelations about the Mark of the Beast)
You appear not to understand how "not being religious" works.
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#23I got one of these implanted in my wrist around ten years ago. AMA?
Does it use active RFID, or passive? If the former, when does the battery die? If the latter, is it possible for someone to burn you from inside by emitting the right microwave frequency with enough power?
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#24I 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 religious, but (bullshit nonsense from Revelations about the Mark of the Beast) You appear not to understand how "not being religious" works.
Having read the Bible doesn't mean you must be religious
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#25I got one of these implanted in my wrist around ten years ago. AMA?
Does it use active RFID, or passive? If the former, when does the battery die? If the latter, is it possible for someone to burn you from inside by emitting the right microwave frequency with enough power?
Passive.
Not sure but it sits right under some thin skin so if they have a powerful enough microwave beam on that location it'd probably burn me equally from both sides.
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#26I 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 religious, but (bullshit nonsense from Revelations about the Mark of the Beast) You appear not to understand how "not being religious" works.
When they get you in at an early age, the fear and paranoia they teach you can make deeper roots into the psyche. I don't claim it's a rational fear. I don't claim to be 100% rational either.
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#27I got one of these implanted in my wrist around ten years ago. AMA?
For what use?
How does the implanting procedure work?
What about maintenance and replacement
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#28I 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.
There was also one about "Ronald Wilson Reagan"
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I am not religious, but (bullshit nonsense from Revelations about the Mark of the Beast) You appear not to understand how "not being religious" works.
Having read the Bible doesn't mean you must be religious
Believing that the Book of Revelations has some sort of prophetic insight and that warnings about the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist have any relevance at all does mean you must be religious.
Re: Companies start implanting microchips into workers' bodies
#30Is 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 dis…
> microchips bond with your tissue
Eh, not really. They stimulate a foreign body reaction from macrophages, creating a synovium-like cyst around the object.
> The implications for removal should be obvious
You'll end up a granuloma (collection of macrophages), which may calcify or slowly resolve down to collagenous scar tissue.
So, I wouldn't lead with the biology, at least not when pitching your concerns to scientists. The privacy implications are pretty horrific though.