Humans and Microchips
I’m not talking about small boxes of French fries shoved into your wrist, but microchips that can and are being inserted into human hands and in cases brains.There are some benefits:
• Security, open locks etc.
• Medical data ( Emergency Services can scan you)
• Banking and security pins (Easy payments, cashless and cardless)
• Tracking and locating missing people, especially keeping an eye on kids.
What about the cons:
• RFID chips being hacked, biohacking, big brother always watching your every move.
• Brain implants, maybe beneficial but could they contain a “kill switch” and we can be remotely euthanized.
There some companies insisting on mandatory microchipping so employees can be tracked; refusal may impact on future promotions.
Would you be willing to be microchipped if you received more pay and benefits?
Comments (37)
They will say things like, there will be a special priority queue at the airport for scannable persons; or quicker access to A&E units in the hospital, etc.
So they won't make it obligatory, but make it difficult to live without.
On a slightly less high-tech, but similar vein, we have had a Public Services Card introduced here. The minister in charge of that department insists vehemently that it is not obligatory to have one.
Yes, there are some services which cannot be used, at least not without a big rigmarole, without the card. So technically it is not obligatory, but you need to have one still
Molly, I do think being chipped will become mandatory in the near future, Govt control of citizens exists in many forms, this will be their icing on the cake.
These public services cards and what you commented do show that if you are with the programme doors will open, you will benefit in some areas by having it, punished without it.
Further reading shows that the idea is for people to decide the level of data they carry in their chips, but prone to being hacked by the Govts who can upload and download your private data.
It could be a nightmare when it works against us
Our absolute embracement of technology already means that our every movement; purchase; etc., is already being monitored and used for the benefit of businesses and others. It is all for 'our benefit' of course.
It is mandatory here too, both of mine are chipped.
But humans are capable of finding their own way home if they choose to do so. And if they do decide to go on a solo adventure, it should be their choice to be able to go out in the wilderness (or the nearest city) without being tracked.
What about tracking kids, perhaps with a something less invasive as an embedded chip and the only access is protected by the parents?
However as the world ends on Friday its a mute point, but the image below showing the good people heading somewhere shows no kids or animals.
Every generation, definitely since the industrial revolution, has had to deal with different issues, and a different world.
All have survived.
Humankind is the most adaptable species there is.
GG, Technology certainly has been beneficial, the last 10 or so years has seen huge changes to how we live, there will always be down sides its hopeful that we humans remain stoic and accept tech that benefits us and not someone else.
Then again when Nuclear energy first appeared on the horizon, there were an equal number of supporters and antagonists making projections. There are still those who want to nuke the world, but thankfully they are far fewer. Sanity tends to reign over the long run.
Having a smartphone's GPS disabled is a good idea too, recently I took a pic at a coffee bar and google maps added it to the map data, Lucky they asked me to confirm it first.
Ash......Yes in the Olive groves!, I do have a house and everything you know.
far you roam.
What confuses me is how jets full of passengers can just disappear today.
My gut tells me it would be impossible for them not to know what happen to them. But, they don't think it is a good idea to inform the public, for whatever reason.