Essay on Human-implanted Chips

Mordini, E; Manfred,G.  (2009).  ‘Identity, Security and Democracy: The Wider Social and Ethical Implications of Automated Systems for Human Identification.’

This technology was crucial for them in a place where individuals are not well documented. In America, RFID chipped licenses are used to speed up border crossings to and from Canada, replacing the need to show a passport each time.

As we can see now RFID technology is becoming very popular around the world. However, in my opinion, I would like to say that RFID tags pose a risk to personal privacy. RFID tags easily to be stolen by hackers. They could steal your personal information such as your credit card or your passports. For example, now in some states of the U.S, the government allows the citizen to use RFID passports. However, many citizen still disagree to apply RFID passports because they think it contains many issued such as it is vulnerable to wireless attack by hackers (it can be read up to 30 feet away and copying without permission from the RFID owner). In addition, it is even more dangerous when the RFID passports can contain information that is corresponding to the photo of the RFID tags owner. So just think what will happen if someone hack your passports and what they can do with its information from that RFID passport? Therefore, even RFID tags is becoming popular and can be the next generation technology in the real world, but now, in my opinion, I would like to say that RFID still contains many problem that can harm to personal privacy.

Microchip implant is an exceptionally well thought authentication method that has the possibility of making a huge impact in securing information. The concept of microchip implant was introduced in 1945 by Leon Theremin, who was the originator of one of the first covert devices which is also known as “bugs”. This device is followed by Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology which is a small electronic device that contains a chip. This chips allows the ability to store data typically ranging up to 2,000 bytes or less. RFID is comparable to magnetic strips or bar codes because they all act as a unique identifier for a specific purpose. In order to obtain information from an RFID, you must scan the device just as how a magnetic strip or bar code would require scanning. RFID can also be described as the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields that helps in transferring data with the goal of being able to automatically recognize and monitor tags that are being attached to objects. RFID technology is currently being used by many different industries varying from identifications badges that enclose RFID tags that assist with eliminating the chances of shoplifting, to vehicles using the technology to help monitor the production process and track the vehicles across the assembly line. Other scenarios that may use the microchip implant includes animals having RFID tags placed in them for identification purposes as

It allows companies to easily share data from the internet and many more. (Roberti, 2007). Is it ethical to implant this device in humans for the purpose of identification and storing medical data? This paper will examine the pros and cons of implantable chips into humans.

Dissecting the questionable article, “ObamaCare Microchip RFID Myth” (DeMichele, T., 2015). It’s purpose is to discourage the American public of the possibility of a mandated RFID chip implant. The article

Today, we can send information all over the world instantly; however movement and activities can be tracked through computers and cell phones. With new and improved technology, it can improve lives, increase public safety, build wealth and promote efficiencies in how we use scarce resources. Researchers,

RFID is Radio Frequency Identification Technology and it is a wireless connection that is used for tracking. When RFID was first introduced it was used to keep track of pets and livestock, but now the microchips are getting smaller and smaller and being used in humans. The author discloses how she had two microchips implanted, one in the back of each hand. According to Nisbet, she asked four surgeons and a veterinarian if they would agree to perform the implantation of the microchip, and they all had different answers. The vet said she would supply the microchip but not implant it, one surgeon did not reply, one agreed, one agreed on special medical terms, and one declined (Nisbit

One of the main and most controversial issues with the RFID chip is that it poses as an invasion of privacy (Freeman, 2007). According to Freeman, “security and privacy experts agree any new technology is always one step ahead of their best possible efforts to secure it.

The VeriChip is used for the following reasons: identifying you, tracking you, and monitoring your health. It can also be used if a child is kidnapped, to find the child immediately. There is potential that it will be used for monitoring chronically ill patients, tracking livestock to ensure food quality, tracking people that are at risk of kidnapping, enforcing the terms of parole, and identifying people for security and e commerce applications. It can also be used during online shopping, if you have a profile with MSN or AOL. When shopping online the VeriChip will transmit your profile at request. It can also be used by tracking people coming into the U.S. It can also help a owner track down someone that has stolen from them.

Some may argue that getting a microchip implanted to your body is a good idea. However, many argue the the consistent amount of personal data stored in the device can cause a major problem in our social security. For example, if this so called microchip can hold you keys and your information( Address, phone password, you identity….) and use it against you for whatever reason. Recent research has proven that this microchip can even make you sick. The technology used to find your dog and/or cat is now among the humans.

The RFID chip is rice grain sized electronic chip that gets implanted above your thumb in your hand. It can be used to make your daily life easier by storing your personal credit card information or medical information, open doors for you, unlock computers, and even can protect children from being abducted by tracking them with the chip. The chip has its Pros and Cons but, because of the harm and danger that the cons bring, the cons outweigh any benefits that may be gained. According to Andrew Brown in “Human Microchipping: An Unbiased Look at the Pros and Cons,” it mentions that the chip is already be used for tracking children in other countries, such as Brazil, to prevent or help save the children from child abduction. Now however, that benefit is really important because of how now in our generation kidnapping and sex trafficking has been rising, so this chip can save lives in that situation, however not everyone

Technology can be a very powerful tool for society; it can be used for advantages or disadvantages in society. Unfortunately, technology is being overused and can be more harmful to society everyday due to making life easier but risking the chances of hackers stealing information without the user’s knowledge. Project Sneaky is to educate the public about being aware of their surroundings and kept their smart chip documents protected in an area where it is not in their personal blind spot.

With the evolution of technology and the internet, there have been upcoming concerns concerning information privacy. The internet has increased the level of information that can be gathered and analyzed. Over the last decade, there have been groundbreaking improvements in technology which have enhanced whet people can d with the technology at any given time. For instance, through the use of the internet, one can use global system positioning system locators to acquire real time data about a person or object’s movement and speed. This was not nearly possible thirty years ago. Another example is that cell phones embedded with E-911 services can be used to locate an individual’s precise location (Waldo, Lin and Millett, 2007). Such devices are mostly used by parents to monitor their children’s whereabouts.

new advancements such as microchip implant for humans and animals can be very controversial. At first, the implants may seem to have benefits but in the long run they will actually cause more trouble than they are worth. These potential "troublemakers" are about the size of an elongated grain of rice and are injected in the skin under the arm or hand (Feder, Zeller 15). The chip is not powered by battery and there is nothing that can possibly leak out into the body (Posada-Swafford 8). An early form of this technology was used to monitor salmon and has been used for other wildlife research (Verhovek 5). The idea of the chips was started from the September 11 tragedy