Monday, February 4, 2019

PERSONAL PRIVACY - Microchipping Humans?!

WTF - We already have problem with our personal data and the internet, and now we are looking into a technology that may be abused by government and outlaws?

"Microchipping humans wields great promise, but does it pose greater risk?" PBS NewsHour 1/30/2019

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  An intense debate is underway over the benefits and drawbacks of using microchips, typically relied upon to identify ranch animals and pets, on humans.  Advantages include fast communication of critical patient data to medical teams, seamless payment, and automatically opened doors.  But skeptics warn of dire implications for privacy and ethics.  Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.