HAS THE PROCESS OF THE IMPLANTABLE CHIP BECOME UNSTOPPABLE?
A Swedish startup, called EPICENTER, has apparently already implanted a microchip into the skin of 6,000 people. A vaccine passport or anything else to track the vaccination status will no longer be needed. Its forgery would also be unlikely. Just a wave, with the implanted hand, would give instant access to computers, events, restaurants, security chambers ('panic rooms') and supermarkets. Radio-Frequency-Identification (RFID) microchip technology has been around for a long time: most mobile phones are equipped with RFID (if hacked, they can act as a perfect spy). Most pets are microchipped. Most items in a store are microchipped. Moreover, this implantable microchip also contains personal financial information. Would this be the beginning of the end of cash, credit cards and personal medical information? Are we now past the point of any privacy or ethical issues at all? Has this train left the station long ago? Only the people with a microchip may be allowed to participate in society.
(THE ATLANTIC): ARE YOU READY FOR A RADIO-FREQUENCY-IDENTIFICATION (RFID) MICROCHIP IMPLANT INTO YOUR SKIN?