It’s unsurprising that people are recalcitrant to embrace the wonders that spring from having a trackable chip in your body that others can communicate with. Sadly, unless we do something now, “they” will eventually find a reason to put RFID chips in all of us.
VeriChip, which has created a system for putting RFID chips into humans for medical-record tracking, held an initial public offering on Friday, and the company’s stock has been struggling ever since. The stock is currently trading at around $6.15. The company released 3.1 million shares in the IPO for $6.50 a share.
Part of the problem is likely the lackluster sales for the company’s most famous product.
Only 222 medical patients in total have opted to get RFID chips from VeriChip implanted as of the end of 2006, according to documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its initial public offering. It’s a modest number, the company says, and revenue for these systems is far below projections.
Who made the predictions? I wonder how many of those who push this tech actually have chips implanted in their bodies.
Achtung!
Vee tried dis en da Reich, und da Jews did NOTTA likea da yellow star or da tattooed number on der armsas.
Here post this video, its sure to spark a conversation.
http://talloran.livejournal.com/121701.html
What? No one wants the mark of the beast?
#3
Not unless you’re an Iron Maiden fan.
Dumb ass technology, thought up by dumb asses, for dumb asses. People are not cattle, duh. Apparently there were 222 dumb asses in 2006, proving P.T. Barnum’s theory once again.
#2, Nice. Go post that in the CageMatch.
I find the whole idea of RFID in humans ridiculous, unless it’s for implanting in law enforcement personnel.
interesting that someone wants to Tag, less then 5% of the world…
what good would it Do??
It would take about 1 month for the mexicans crossing to get tagged, Illegally.
We might as well CLOSE the whole country down, and not let anyone into it.
LastShower GmbH, which has created a system for eliminating “undesireable filth”, held an initial public offering on Friday, and the company’s stock has been struggling ever since. The stock is currently trading at around DM 6.15. The company released 3.1 million shares in the IPO for DM 6.50 a share.
Part of the problem is likely the lackluster sales for the company’s most famous product.
Only a half dozen or so have been ordered to date, by one “A. Hitler”, as of the end of 1941…
I am quite sure I’ll regret asking but why, in your opinion, should only law enforcement personnel be implanted?
Alix? Recalcitrant? The only way I will be taking this chip is after my body has assumed room temperature.
VerChips can be duplicated making two of me, two of me. They can be hacked and abused.
VerChips can be duplicated making two of me, two of me. They can be hacked and abused.
Lets RFID implant everyone, and then the RFID hackers will rule the world!!
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/rfid.html
Oooh, but what about our children? Just think how more effective the Amber Alerts would work if our children were tagged. Please … for the children!
#9
So the watch’ees can watch the watchers?
There’s a practical business reason for the lackluster IPO. The closer you look at the claims, the less compelling the technology, and contrary to common opinion, not every investor is dumb as a rock.
Let’s say you have a medical condition that might make you pass out, and you have some strong allergies, and if someone inserts a Foley catheter your foot is likely to come up and kick them in a painful place. This is all important information for the emergency room to know if you’re lucky enough to be pulling into the hospital instead of into a drunk tank. And it can all be encoded onto your RFID verichip.
Okay. Here’s the thing. If you’re awake by the time you get there, you can simply tell the emergency room people. If you’re unconscious and they bring you to a hospital where you have been treated before, they’ll already have your medical records. In both cases – no RFID needed.
Ah – but what if you’re out like a light and the ER where they bring you knows nothing about you? They all are smart enough to look for a medical bracelet just in case, but you have your RFID so you got rid of your bracelet. But reading the chips requires specific (not cheap) technology to be installed at the hospital What are the chances the medics will take you to a hospital that invested in the RFID technology needed to read your chip?
Doesn’t look like much of a market to me. Not an investment I’d make, even if I had a spare $6.50 to buy one of their stocks.
#9 … I’ll be glad to explain why LE should be the ones implanted.
#14…close.
The regular people should never be tagged, as we pose no threat.
– In prisons, so an inmate cannot kidnap and impersonate a guard.
– City cops, so police vehicles cannot be stolen. Cars would be “paired” with the appropriate code and the cop enters a password.
– With the SWAT, knowing remotely where everyone is, like a transponder.
– The LE’s guns can have an electronic mechanism that only work with it’s owner.
– The FBI for similar reasons, and to have easy & quick access to their high security office.
– In airports, LE would be tracked and electronic gates designed to slow down people would open to them.
IOW, it makes sense for high security and dangerous environments. In such scenarios, you want to control the RFID’s out in the wild so hackers can’t easily abuse.
Also, by making the RFID a necessity for that type of government job, it will set an example.
#16 – Pretty convincing logic. Think any authorities will go for it?
#16, what at first I thought to be just a glib comment, you have very well answered.
I think these will be used in felons before they end up in law enforcement.
Thanks guys. If it’s part of the job description, LE won’t have a choice.
Don’t you guys remember Judge Dredd? Well, DNA was used, but we don’t have that technology yet.
Stallone would make a better Ghost Rider than Nicolas Cage IMO.
It seems all you libs don’t want the government to be able to track your activities. What are you trying to hide from the legally constituted authorities?
Perhaps you mistakenly think you should be free of 24/7 government surveillance. But don’t you see, it is for your own good. How else can hard-working government agencies like Homeland Security protect you from the terrorists unless we know at all times where you are and what you are doing?
If you don’t have anything to hide you don’t have anything to fear.
#16, I retract any negative tone my comment conveyed. I was not expecting a serious, in fact a well-thought-out answer. I actually agree with everything you said and I think you are on to something really good with this idea.
I wonder how many parents are complaining they have GPS trackers in their children’s cell phones or operation ID fingerprints on file? Or how many car owners are complaining they have GPS trackers in their cars or VINs identifying their car? There are some practical uses for tagging and tracking technology.
20,
It would probably be easier to cage and tag those INCOMING into the US, that are not citizians…
there are fewer, easier to tag and you would have a better reason, for the tracking.
#20 You have got to be kidding! What happened to St. Ronald’s declaration “Government is not a solution to our problem, Government is the problem”. Legally constituted authorities are humans and humans with authority become corrupt.
Its not just “libs” that oppose this, conservatives do too.
All we need to do is elect Hilary and as a part of her universal healthcare we’ll each get one of these for free.And they’ll be even more functional, tracking what we eat and drink, charging us for the free healthcare if we dare to consume the wrong things.
16…Good points, but one detail you might want to consider. The type of tag that can be implanted only works to a distance of a few inches, maybe a foot. This isn’t one of those “somebody will eventually figure it out” things, it’s a physical limitation of magnetic fields and transformers, which is how these tags work. The tags that work at distances cannot be implanted, or rather, they don’t work when implanted.
FWIW many car keys already have RFID tags, and transport busses at airports have active tags to open the gates.
Look you can get more information on the Verichip and other RFID issues by going to http://www.zombiewire.com you need to know
” 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 his name” (Rev. 13:11-17)
Microchip implants is the mark of the beast
Never receive one
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RFID Chips will eventually replace cash money, invade our personal privacy, and monitor our every move. What is society going to do about this debauchery? Nothing. This technology is the beginning of the end.
Just like the bible states:”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 mn might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.” RFID’s carry serial codes…..all serial codes add up to be 666…….think about it. And you want to put this chip into your children?