Here's an article from two years-ago and I cannot believe the stupid reasons it's
offered as a good idea.
See how it's titled...? There's no hint of volunteering for the action do to an employee
and very little mention of what privacy it intrudes on. The nearest this piece comes to
showing any disdain for the device being seen in the negative is when 'one young
man' declines the implant an even then, it's countered by an older person looking
forward to having it done!
Office puts chips under staff's skin.
The BBC:
'Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich?
We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things.
But at Epicenter, a new hi-tech office block in Sweden, they are trying a different
approach - a chip under the skin. Felicio de Costa, whose company is one of the tenants,
arrives at the front door and holds his hand against it to gain entry. Inside he does the same
thing to get into the office space he rents, and he can also wave his hand to operate the
photocopier.
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.
On the day of the building's official opening, the developer's chief executive was, himself,
chipped live on stage. And I decided that if was to get to grips with this technology, I had to
bite the bullet - and get chipped too...'
And this is how State-ran media deceives it's viewers/readers.
It constantly implies that those in high positions in companies must be better than others
and ergo, any decisions they make are wise and mature ones.
Like getting a machine placed under your skin that relays god-knows-what information
into a system that not only knows where you're at -at all times, it can also be used to 'grade'
you in a society where your true-self becomes nothing more than zeros and ones.
'...The whole process is being organised by a Swedish bio-hacking group which was profiled
by my colleague Jane Wakefield recently. One of its members, a rather fearsome looking
tattooist, inserted my chip.
'...First, he massaged the skin between my thumb and index finger and rubbed in some
disinfectant. Then he told me to take a deep breath while he inserted the chip. There was
a moment of pain - not much worse than any injection - and then he stuck a plaster over my
hand...'
Phew! I was worried about this Journalist being in pain... not that wherever he went and
whatever he did from now-on could determined, judged and even controlled.
No, the stinging of the needle is what's important here.
'...I've returned to Britain with a slightly sore hand - and a chip still under my skin which
has my contact details on it. Not that useful, but no doubt more sophisticated chips will
soon replace wearable technology like fitness bands or payment devices, and we will
get used to being augmented.
All sorts of things are possible - whether it becomes culturally acceptable to insert
technology beneath our skin is another matter...'
Oh I know that you weren't the only one who knew you'd returned to Britain with a slightly
sore hand, whoever was on the receiver-end of where that chip was transmitting to, knew too.
"All things are possible" the writer commented and I agree with him. But for the sake of your
privacy and independence, I would suggest that having a magical 'Harry Potter'-like gift of
working the photocopier or opening a door, isn't a particular good idea.
...............................
Anyway, that was a couple of years ago.
offered as a good idea.
See how it's titled...? There's no hint of volunteering for the action do to an employee
and very little mention of what privacy it intrudes on. The nearest this piece comes to
showing any disdain for the device being seen in the negative is when 'one young
man' declines the implant an even then, it's countered by an older person looking
forward to having it done!
Office puts chips under staff's skin.
The BBC:
'Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich?
We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things.
But at Epicenter, a new hi-tech office block in Sweden, they are trying a different
approach - a chip under the skin. Felicio de Costa, whose company is one of the tenants,
arrives at the front door and holds his hand against it to gain entry. Inside he does the same
thing to get into the office space he rents, and he can also wave his hand to operate the
photocopier.
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.
On the day of the building's official opening, the developer's chief executive was, himself,
chipped live on stage. And I decided that if was to get to grips with this technology, I had to
bite the bullet - and get chipped too...'
And this is how State-ran media deceives it's viewers/readers.
It constantly implies that those in high positions in companies must be better than others
and ergo, any decisions they make are wise and mature ones.
Like getting a machine placed under your skin that relays god-knows-what information
into a system that not only knows where you're at -at all times, it can also be used to 'grade'
you in a society where your true-self becomes nothing more than zeros and ones.
'...The whole process is being organised by a Swedish bio-hacking group which was profiled
by my colleague Jane Wakefield recently. One of its members, a rather fearsome looking
tattooist, inserted my chip.
'...First, he massaged the skin between my thumb and index finger and rubbed in some
disinfectant. Then he told me to take a deep breath while he inserted the chip. There was
a moment of pain - not much worse than any injection - and then he stuck a plaster over my
hand...'
Phew! I was worried about this Journalist being in pain... not that wherever he went and
whatever he did from now-on could determined, judged and even controlled.
No, the stinging of the needle is what's important here.
'...I've returned to Britain with a slightly sore hand - and a chip still under my skin which
has my contact details on it. Not that useful, but no doubt more sophisticated chips will
soon replace wearable technology like fitness bands or payment devices, and we will
get used to being augmented.
All sorts of things are possible - whether it becomes culturally acceptable to insert
technology beneath our skin is another matter...'
Oh I know that you weren't the only one who knew you'd returned to Britain with a slightly
sore hand, whoever was on the receiver-end of where that chip was transmitting to, knew too.
"All things are possible" the writer commented and I agree with him. But for the sake of your
privacy and independence, I would suggest that having a magical 'Harry Potter'-like gift of
working the photocopier or opening a door, isn't a particular good idea.
...............................
Anyway, that was a couple of years ago.
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