It’s amazing how foolish humanity can be.
That’s all because he has a tiny RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip, about the size of a grain of rice, implanted in his hand. Soon, others among the 700 people expected to occupy the complex will also be offered the chance to be chipped. Along with access to doors and photocopiers, they’re promised further services in the longer run, including the ability to pay in the cafe with a touch of a hand.
It all sounds so innocuous. How long before “offer” becomes “you will”? For me, I will never be chipped. Ever, under any circumstances.
“We already interact with technology all the time,” he told me. “Today it’s a bit messy – we need pin codes and passwords. Wouldn’t it be easy to just touch with your hand? That’s really intuitive.”
No, it’s fucking stupid. I’ll stick with the pin codes and passwords if it avoids being microchipped.
“Absolutely not,” said one young man when I asked him if he’d sign up. An older woman was more positive about the potential of the technology but saw little point in being chipped just to get through a door.
Indeed. How long before governments cotton onto the idea. After all, it will make it all so easy to interact with government departments. All for our own good, of course and will it be voluntary? Will it fuck.
“We want to be able to understand this technology before big corporates and big government come to us and say everyone should get chipped – the tax authority chip, the Google or Facebook chip.” Then, he says, we’ll all be able to question the way the technology is implemented from a position of much greater knowledge.
I have already questioned it and the answer is “no”.
Look up ‘the Mark of the Beast’ in the Bible……… this is what is happening.
Well done for resisting.
I read a fair amount of sci-fi and the future seems to be full of implants and enhancements. The fictional heroes would, of course, obtain overrides and other under the counter wares. Taking the first steps to make this a reality just scares me to bits because there is no one to trust. Not one organisation in the whole of the twenty first century world to be trusted. Shame on us.
The implant might become a sign of certain privilige. Just as having your blood group tattooed on your arm was in a past conflict.
Words truly fail me.
So if someone wants to get through the door secured by the microchip, they’ll cut off your hand instead of just stealing your pass. Wow, that was an improvement.
Kevin Warwick had himself chipped years ago yet our ‘wet-behind-the-ears’ media talk as if it is a new thing.
Apparently most of the population is externally chipped anyway as they gladly boost Apple’s, (other providers are available), profits at the same time.
Look I am not a pet dog I am a human being and I have no intention of being chipped unless it comes on a plate with fish.
It’s another ruse to follow our every move and collect every iota of data and monitor, control and nanny us.
I would never agree to this whilst there is breath in my body and if they “force” the issue I will ensure there is no breath in my body. It’s all too Orwellian to be funny any more, in fact its darn right scary.
I’m a firm believer that this is the way to go but with one caveat. It is something we control. We turn it on and off at will and there is no external override.
Just imagine the benefits of being able to video what you can see and record what is being said without anyone being able to see or hear that without you doing something to enable that.
Just have to make sure there is no backdoor in it and that is where the issue would be with out Stalinist government.
I agree. In fact, such technology may well become unavoidable for many in about a generation or so, if only because of the potential it has for bionic solutions to disabilities such as blindness and hearing loss.
You can already get prosthetic hands that can actively respond to brain impulses, for example, allowing for much finer control over finger movements than was previously possible. And you’ve probably heard about the eye implants that let blind people see for the first time; only at a very low resolution for now, but it’s only a matter of time before we reach a point where the technology overtakes the basic Mk. 1 eye. And not much longer before it becomes no more expensive than a tooth filling.
All technology can be used for either good or evil. The same is true for pretty much all branches of science. The problem is that science and technology are moving so quickly now, our lords and masters are unable to keep up and make sure the legal system is able to deal with it. (Which is odd when you consider the veritable diarrhea of utterly useless and pointless laws they’ve managed to excrete in recent years.)
The next 30-40 years or so will be very… “interesting”. In every sense of the word.
It is certainly a step up from having your number tattooed on your arm, as has happened. For some reason, though, that particular idea seems to be severely frowned upon. I wonder why?