How do you feel about the potential use of RFID chips in humans? What uses can you think of?

Question

Bill Gates uses microchip technology to control house settings based upon a person's preferences and physical location within the house.

RFID technology could be used for simple things like turning on lights when a person walks in rooms, setting television preferences depending on who is holding a remote control, and setting computer privacy and filtering preferences when a child is detected near a computer.

Answer 1

That is a form of technology that will be abused. If you were to have it implanted, you can be tracked where ever you go and they will know what you are doing. Do you think that would be cool?

Answer 2

Convenience of technologies will be the lovely facade and the front door through which the mark of the beast marches through. The advantages touted will be no more I.D. theft through cell phone, internet, or other technological ways of banking without cash or paper. Kids chips would be "sold" via abduction prevention or recovery safety measures. Sex offenders, criminal activity, etc. Has anyone noticed all the cameras at the stop lights even?

Answer 3

The idea is interesting, but from what I have read, they are still a little too large to want to inject one in my hand. Besides, I don't like the idea of someone being able to scan it and gain access to everything I've hooked up to an RFID scanner. As soon as I figure it out, I'd have to have the existing RFID removed and have another one put in. I'm banking on them getting smaller with higher encryption and more space for personal data (the newer ones actually have a small amount of space for any data you care to put in there, if you didn't already know).

PS: For some reason I don't like the idea of tagging my kid with one of those. It just rubs me the wrong way.

Answer 4

It could no doubt be used for tracking your location anywhere in the world as well then. This would be very intrusive on people's right to privacy.

And if it's linked to people's home security systems, what's to stop people from going to the extent of stealing your chip or taking you hostage to get in your house?

I personally wouldn't want to be that integrated with technology.

Has it really come to the point where peple are too lazy to flip a light switch?

Answer 5

I think it is a very bad thing. What's to keep these chips from emitting a threshold frequency to influence your mood and emotions.Where by effecting great influence on a person with out their awareness. The frequency could raise or lower based on,say, the proximity of certain items or places and this could altimately efffect your decisions and/or memories.

Answer 6

I think that's a sign of bigger proportions. Like the mark of the beast for example. And who wants big brother to know everything about you? Aren't we entitled to some privacy? I will not get one if the time comes.

Answer 7

This technology scares me since the potential exists to use it for purposes not intended.This could very easily get way out of control.--------do you want to assign your household dog to guard your freshly cooked meal while you go into the bathroom to wash your hands?.

Answer 8

I don't know, that sounds more like an open door for big brother to step in. I don't see why it wouldn't work with like criminals but in the everyday home it's just another way to track and monitor us.

Answer 9

the chip under the skin

sorry, i'm a christian and that my friend is ..for those who believe.. the mark of the beast. i will never have one implanted in me.

Answer 10

Probably it can be used for identifying one from identical twins