The media coverage arising from the FDA's approval of the VeriChip implantable RFID chip continues. The BBC, in its 'Magazine', has an article that thoroughly surveys the issues, from a technical overview to the theories of the tinfoil hat brigade:
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Security under the skin:"A US company has been given the green light to implant microchips in humans. It's intended to provide medical information ... but will it turn into a surveillance system?
How would you like to have the equivalent of a barcode built into your arm?
It would be convenient. A quick scan could save the need to show passports or ID cards. It would be handier than carrying cash or producing medical records.
And a particularly clever barcode would let people find you if you were lost or abducted.... "
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