VeriChip
- Posted by: GOOD
- on December 13, 2007 at 3:29 pm
The VeriChip, a small radio-frequency identity chip that is slightly longer than a grain of rice, has been FDA-cleared for human implantation. Should you switch doctors or need to be treated in a foreign hospital, an RFID reader can scan your VeriMed chip and use your unique ID to access VeriChip’s centralized database to produce your medical records. The chips themselves do not necessarily represent a threat to your privacy, because they don’t store the data. But the centralized databases certainly do.
Much more frightening, say civil liberties advocates, is the possibility that the VeriChip could be employed as a tracking device—though the manufacturer claims the chip cannot be read unless a sensor is held right next to it. In any case, Americans appear to prefer convenience to privacy: drivers of major freeways continue to sign up for the RFID-based toll device E-ZPass, even though the company has shared its vehicle tracking information with the FBI.
DISCUSSION: 7 Comments
Kinda looks like this GPS Implant I saw
http://www.lightninggps.com/personal-tracking/gps-implant.html
There are mounting reports of RFID being used in private and catholic school uniforms to “track” student activity. The RFID chip has been in Gilette and Proctor and Gamble products for years. It’s probably in your home. The information from the chip is being sold to corporations and your government whether or not you are aware of it.
After seeing Zeitgeist the film, I became inspired to investigate and combat the widespread use of the RFID chip to impinge on your civil liberties. In May of 2008, there is a national move to start issuing a national ID card that contains the RFID chip. This is going on through our government largely without general awareness.
My profile pic is a picture of the Amero, printed at the US mint this year. This is a currency that may be used between borders of Mexico and Canada.
Another way to track ppl. Reminds me “V for Vendetta”.
This information only supports those who believe the human race is bound to fully transform into cyborgs.
If I’m going to have this thing implanted in my body, I want it to look like a teardrop from God’s eye, not something used to transmit Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats.
“Americans appear to prefer convenience to privacy…”
That one statement is painfully sad and true on so many levels.
I am not too keen on the idea of volunteering to have something that could possibly spy on me in the comfort of my own home put into my body. By doing this we are giving up our basic rights, because we are always looking for the quick fix.