Beware of Bio-Chips

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

Things that were predicted to happen are now starting to unfold. This is certainly and interesting time we live in. The future is now.

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=23901077

By David Gardner, TechWeb

3:59 PM EDT Thu. Jul. 15, 2004

While tens of thousands of tiny radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices have been implanted in animals for years, there were suspicions that, one day, they would have use in humans, too. That suspicion was confirmed this week, when Mexico's Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha reported that he had a chip implanted in his arm for security reasons.

Macedo went on to say that 160 of his employees had been implanted with the rice-grain-sized chips, manufactured by the VeriChip Corp., of Delray, FL.

Although developed and manufactured in the U.S., the chips and the scanning technologies that work with them are still pretty much blocked for most human use in the U.S.--although that could change if the FDA approves the devices for healthcare and medical use. The firm expects a decision from the FDA soon.

"We've sold about 7,000 [chips] worldwide," said Angela Fulcher, VeriChip's vice president of marketing and communications, in an interview Thursday. "We think about 1,000 have been implanted in humans." Many final destinations of the chips aren't known, she said, simply because they are marketed through distributors, and VeriChip doesn't always know where they end up.

In addition, Fulcher suspects many are being tested in humans for military and governmental intelligence applications. "We can't talk about some applications," she said.

Fulcher points to potential markets for use of the RFID devices in humans. The security market--illustrated by the Mexican AG's application--surfaced for the first time publicly by the Macedo in Mexico City on Monday. At a cost of $150 a person, the chips were implanted in AG employees entering a new Mexican anti-crime information center in Mexico City.

Another application noted by Fulcher has similar security overtones: to use the chips as a secondary means of identification for credit-card users. She said VeriChip has been discussing that possible application with credit-card companies.

The application with the most potential for use in humans is in the healthcare field. An RFID chip implanted in a human can be easily read by a scanner and then referenced back to a central medical database. The unique ID--the company calls it the "VeriChip Subscriber Number"--is matched with the Global VeriChip Subscriber Registry. The password-protected data is maintained on two VeriChip database registry operations, one in Riverside, CA., the other in Owings, MD.

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The chips are implanted under a human's skin in a simple procedure. "Basically, it's like getting a shot," Fulcher said.

To date, the chief market has been in animals. ID'ing cattle and other wildlife has been popular for years. For instance, salmon in the Northwest implanted with the chips are monitored by giant scanners located along river banks. The movement of cattle is monitored, too. And, there is an emerging application for dogs and cats: an RFID device fitted with temperature-sensing capability can determine whether a pet is ill.

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[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

They'll never get me to put one of those on myself.

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

Yeah, ofcourse most wouldn't want them inplanted in their flesh but it may get to the point where you wouldn't know. They said it is a simple procedure like giving a shot. They said it's as small as a grain of rice and I can only imagine that it will get smaller in recent years.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

seen it before, and there is a place somewhere off the coast of flordia (a night club) that has this. and they give them free to their higher-paying patrons.

and they scan the arm (or wherever it is) of the person, and it adds the cost to their tab.

dont think of this as such a problem. RFID is not a thing that you can track people with GPS (at least not yet) but it will be cool if they can do RFID on your credit card, or car keys. but then again, it wouldnt be too hard to simulate the RFID signal and steal peoples stuff.

kinda old, but still cool. and it IS just a shot, its not similar. it IS just that. maybe like 15 second procedure. then a bandaid.

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

its the mark of the beast //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

well, maybe not yet, but it could be something similar. one day you could have to have it in order to buy things, thats not good. of coarse you have to believe in the bible to believe that

 

[Termlab 10+ year member]

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/dimensions/mystical/MarkOfTheBeast.htm

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of the beast. Here is the wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is a human number. His number is - 666. - Revelation 13:16-18"

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

RFID is pretty old news. There was a 60 minutes (or maybe it was 20/20 or 48 Hours...IDK) segment on a couple years ago (IIRC) about a family who all had the chips implanted. RFID is also starting to make it's way into the business world for tracking inventory and such.

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

RFID is not the issue guys....inplanting micro-chips into humans is //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

RFID is not the issue guys....inplanting micro-chips into humans is //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

And they've been doing it for years :boobies:

 

[LIGHTBEING 10+ year member]

Well, I do think they have been doing this for years but nothing was ever confirmed or I never thought anything was. And besides one family is a lot different then hundreds- thousands of people. This company alone has sold 7000+ chips. Seems to me like it's going to be more common and with technology advancing it just sound detrimental to humanity/society.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Darn Manchurian candidate.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

http://www.spartechsoftware.com/dimensions/mystical/MarkOfTheBeast.htm


"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of the beast. Here is the wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is a human number. His number is - 666. - Revelation 13:16-18"

exactly. Besides you don't know what these chips can hold, you only know what is told to you. I don't know about everyone else, but I don't trust a thing the government or any other organization says.

 

[Damaso87 10+ year member]

I can just see websites like "Hack Your BioChip" and "Open Source BioChip OS!"

 

[Jim Boom 10+ year member]

Id never get implanted with one of those **** things.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

On star sucks too...