Why it that most people will not purchase on the Web despite many major vendors selling on the web? What it is that many software and hardware giants like Microsoft, IBM, and company are working day and night on? It’s call IDENTIFICATION and SECURITY . . . Is a biochip a possible solution to the identification and security dilemma facing the digital economy? Many experts are trumpeting the biochip, as the great security hope. Network World,(August, 31, 1998), carried an article titled, A chip in his shoulder by Fred McClimans, which point-blank stated, . . . the answer is chips. Lets face it, the potential value is too great. . .. But look on the bright side: Who wouldnt want to stop worrying about where they put their keys or Mobil Speed Pass? And no more remembering pesky PINs, passwords or social-security numbers. Medical information could also be dumped onto your forearm chip. We could even probably away with those pesky home arrest bracelets used to monitor the criminal element in their own homes (imagine how different the Caine Mutiny would have been if Queeg had had chips in all of his crew - no strawberry problem there!). . . So perhaps the answer is to use this type of new bio-security device to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is actually doing it. . . Lets say we all get together and implant everybody with these new chips. Are they safe? Sure — theyve been using variations to track dogs for some time now. Sadly, I think the answer is chips. Lets face it, the potential value is too great. . . (Fred McClimans, A chip in his shoulder, Network World, August, 31, 1998) A&E (Arts and Entertainment Cable Channel), aired a two-hour program titled The Story of Money (aired early 1999) heres part of the transcript: Narrator: Everyday trillions of dollars are moved in less time than it takes you to screw up your transaction at the automated teller machine. More and more money is going digital. . . Some imagine everything you own will one day be tied to a single easy to use card, or even in a computer chip, implanted in your skin. . . Narrator: The E-money future, however, isnt necessarily secure. The Internet wasnt built to be Fort Knox. In the wrong hands, this powerful tool can turn dangerous. Hackers have already broken into bank files that were 100% secure. One cyber-pirate downloaded 20,000 credit card numbers, courtesy of the phone company. Frank Abagnale (Forgery Expert): The problem is, if we have such tremendous fraud with paper we can only expect even much bigger frauds with electronics. In electronics youre dealing with people from all over the world that have access through computers and the internet to thousands of accounts and theres really no way of making the system foolproof. Narrator: E-money entrepreneurs are hoping to solve the problem of safeguards with even more electronics. Unidentified banker: The golden rule in banking is know thy customer. Narrator: Know thy customer, and then scan their eyeballs into a computer. Your eyes are like fingerprints and by recording them, a company can confirm your identity and your bank balance. Narrator: But how far will it go. Pretty far, actually. Neil Marcous (EDS): Youll simply have the chip embedded. Youll do a retina scan or some other kind of bio-scan, youll validate who you are, youll have your information, itll transmit and you can conduct all your business, literally against a ledger, an electronic ledger somewhere. Note: If anyone knows the Future of electronic money, it would be the people at EDS. Over 90% of all electronic payments travel through EDS — over 25,000 transactions every 5 minutes! Narrator: Did you say embedded? Neil Marcous (EDS): Well, it could be embedded any number of places, for sake of artistic license, lets say it was embedded under your skin up above your left eyebrow. Listen to it Yes. It certainly appears the biochip is coming soon — in a hand near you! If people are coerced into receiving a biochip to perform the necessary everyday functions, such as financial transactions, medical insurance, security, identification, tied into a global, centralized computer system, it would be a simple matter for the Antichrist to disable your ability to buy or sell. But then again, it could implemented much easier with a simple biometric security system, such as eye-scan, voice-recognition, fingerprint, etc. Biometrics are safer and much more secure, and people would be much more likely to buy into the system But, the no man might buy or sell system, might be as simple, visibly looking to see if someone has the mark. I know one thing — I don’t plan on hanging around to find out! (1 Thess. 4:16-18, 1 Cor 15:51-55) Part 3: Are humans being biochipped? Are humans currently being biochipped? Many rumors are making their rounds claiming humans are being chipped. According to The Word & I, rumors at Stanford University claim, that a microchip implanted in Chelsea Clintons neck broadcasts her location to a satellite. . . (Craig Dees, Watching From Inside. Vol. 13, The World & I, 02-01-1998, p. 150) Of course, as we’ve already seen, and The World & I also points out, such biochip location technology does not exist. And the Oklahoma Baby Killer, Timothy McVeigh, claims the U.S. Army implanted a computer chip in his buttocks. (I bet some of the parents whose precious babies were murdered by Monster McVeigh would like to biochip a stick of dynamite in McVeighs buttocks, and light the fuse. To murder and mutilate innocent little babies because hes mad at the government is a sick, wicked, perverted coward.) Killer Colin Ferguson, (whose racial hatred murdered six people on a commuter train), in a press-conference, accused the CIA of implanting a computer chip in his brain. 16 year-old Kip Kinkel, who on May 1998 murdered his parents, two students and wounded 25 students, said he was just obeying the voices in his head. According to Orin Bolstad, a child psychologist who examined Kinkel, the voices commanded, You have to kill him. Shoot him, My dad was sitting at the (breakfast) bar. The voices said, Shoot him. I had no choice. The voices said I had no choice. After he killed his mother, Kinkel said the voices told him to Go to school and kill everybody. Bolstad said Kinkel believed the voices came from, the devil, a satellite or a computer chip inserted in his head by the government. (AP Wire, Nov. 04, 1999) In 1995, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said that young Prince William, heir to the British Throne, had a microhip implanted somewhere in his anatomy to discourage would-be kidnappers. (Texe Marrs, Project L.U.C.I.D. p. 111) According to Electronic Telegraph (Oct. 6, 1998), Italian dignitaries, who fear kidnapping are having biochips implanted in their bodies so authorities can locate them if kidnapped. Originally designed by Israeli spy-experts, Gen-Etics is launching the Sky-Eye chips in Milan, Italy. The Times of London, describes Sky-Eye as a low-power chip that utilizes electrical energy from the human body. Gen-Etics claims, 45 of the worlds richest are carrying Sky-Eyes. When asked the 64-million-dollar question - What prevents the kidnappers from removing the chip? Gen-Etics says, theyre working on a sure-fire solution. Already, the chip is inserted under an anesthetic and even the implantee doesnt know where its located. Also, the chip is only 4 mm by 4 mm, making it hard to detect via x-rays. Conspiracy Nation (Vol. 8, No. 97) allegedly, intercepted an official, high-level, IBM document that reports pilot-testing implants in prisoners in Texas, Massachusetts, and California. The highly-classified IBM document reports prisoners were unknown guinea pigs of the biochip titled 20/20 Neural Chip. Arizona Republic (July 20, 1989, p. B1) reports of private investigator Jack Dunlaps plan to microchip and track children. The system, titled KIDSCAN, would enable the authorities to locate a missing child. Arizona Republic writes, Each child whose parents signed up for KIDSACN would get a computer chip planted under the skin and an identification number. According to Dunbar, Pennsylvania investors were prepared to invest $600,000 and military-industrial powerhouse, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. was prepared to produce the chips. In the end, Martin Marietta backed out and Dunbars KIDSCAN came to naught. As Parascope comments on Dunlaps failed KIDSCAN, The year was 1989. Perhaps the idea came before its time. But as the technology for such tracking systems continues to advance, more and more companies are eyeing the potentially lucrative human tracking market. A very interesting and enlightening case recently popped up in a Worchester, Mass. court in June, 1999. Reputed mobster, Vincent (Gigi Portalla) Marino took the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (FDEA) to court claiming they had secretly implanted a microchip tracking device in his body two and a half years ago during surgery to remove a bullet from his buttocks. Here’s the New York Times report on the unusual case: In an unusual case that unfolded in Worcester, Mass., last week, a reputed mobster by the name of Vincent (Gigi Portalla) Marino went to court to find out whether the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration had secretly implanted a microchip tracking device in his body two and a half years ago during surgery to remove a bullet from his buttocks. Prosecutors first argued that the Government was not required to confirm whether it had done such a thing, but later, after a judge ordered them to respond, they said the drug agency had not implanted a microchip in Mr. Marino. (New York Times, June 20, 1999) What made Vincent Marino believe that the government had biochipped him? A FDEA agent told him! According to the New York Times report – . . . Mr. Marino said a drug agent told him had been implanted by the Government. Marino is currently in prison, and requesting an MRI scan to check for a microchip. Here’s the enlightening — and the frightening part: Intriguingly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation would not say whether it ever uses such tracking devices. ‘This is going to fall into the no-comment category,’ said a bureau spokesman, Paul Bresson. ‘Its discussing investigative techniques, and thats about akin to a journalist disclosing confidential sources. Its very sensitive.’ (New York Times, June 20, 1999) But are humans currently being biochipped? As early as 1967, author Alan Westin was warning the possiblity of humans being electronically tagged. In the bible of Privacy and Freedom Westin writes: As the microelectronic circuits and microminiature components now available in space work and laboratory experiments filter into general use, such tags will become available in much smaller sizes, increasing still further the possibilities for secreting them in an individuals clothing or his personal and professional accessories. Receiving or scanning units will also grow more powerful and smaller, making it easier for investigators to carry them in concealed form on their persons. . . . Invisible magnetic-ink tattoos might be applied (for example, to babies at birth) to provide permanent identification of every individual; these might possibly be used also for locating a subject. Existing microminiaturized transmitters the size of a pinhead might be coded with an identification number, enclosed in a permanent capsule, and implanted under the skin by a simple and painless surgical operation. (Privacy and Freedon, Alan F. Westin, 1967, pp. 85-86) There is no question, biochips are silently inching into humans. For instance, at least 6 million medical devices, such as artificial body parts (prosthetic devices), breast implants, chin implants, etc., are implanted in people each year. And most of these medical devices are carrying a surprize guest — a biochip. In 1993, the Food and Drug Administration passed the Safe Medical Devices Registration Act of 1993, requiring all artificial body implants to have implanted identification — the biochip. So, the yearly, 6 million recipients of prosthetic devices and breast implants are biochipped. ADS (Applied Digital Solutions), a major player in internet e-commerce and Americas 5th fastest growing technology company, recently acquired the patent rights to the worlds first human implantable digital device. The implantable device is named Digital Angel. According to ADS, it is the worlds first digital device — implantable in humans — with applicatons in E-business to business security, health care and criminal justice. Inserted just under the skin, with maintenance-free regenerating power supply, miniature Digital Angel has multi-billion dollar market potential. And according to the patent abstract, The device is small enough to be implanted in a child, facilitating use as a safeguard against kidnapping Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) Press Release Yahoo Business Wire Reporting on Digital Angel Detailed ADS Patent Specs - PDF Format U.S. Patent Info on ADS Device If anyone could truthfully answer the question — are humans currently being biochipped? — it would certainly be Donald G. Small, of Hughes Identification Devices. Hughes Identification Devices is one of the pioneers and largest suppliers of biochip implants. We are not part of a military program to implant tags in humans. In fact, we are not part of any program to implant tags in humans, but a glass encapsulated animal tag only begs the question of the definition of what type of animal, and if that definition is a ‘mammal,’ certainly it would include man. Are there humans running around somewhere on the globe with tags — RFID tags — implanted in them? Yes! Absolutely, conclusively so. (Mark of the New World Order video, Virtue Productions) Listen to it The first verified human receiving a biochip is the highly publicized Kevin Warwick, professor of Cybernetics at the University of Readings in the UK. Warwick received a biochip in his arm that enabled doors to open, turn on-off lights, basically a high-tech-cyber-remote-control. Warwick told ABCs Good Morning America (August 30, 1998), People have been looking at the possibility of humans and silicon chips coming together for some time. And it seemed about time to actually have a go at it. Would you consider having microchips implanted in your body? Are people ready to receive a biochip? Is the world tuned to receive a biochip? When the Social Security program was enacted in 1935, the public was skeptical. Most people, at first, refused to be numbered. Less than 40 years ago, something as seemingly innocent as receiving a social security number was met with hesitance and alarm. What a difference, a quick 40 years of credit cards, smart cards, satellitles, computers and the information revolution makes! Is the public ripe for a biochip? Ann Cavoukian and Don Tapscott, writes in their excellant book, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World: Such a microchip [biochip implant] may strike some of you as a gimmick, but two doctors in the United States recently had a microchip containing their respective medical histories implanted in their bodies, as part of a trial. House pets in Europe and North America are routinely implanted with microchips that identify their owners. When a group of internationally renowned privacy experts met to discuss the privacy implications of the information highway, they expressed concern that these tracking systems will be adapted to humans. The conversion would not be difficult. Among the many who shared this view was Simon Davies, the director general of Privacy International, who was dismayed that a number of professionals he had spoken to would not object to such a tracking system. . . (Ann Cavoukian and Don Tapscott, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, pp. 83-84) Linda LeSabre, singer of the rock group Death Ride 69, says: I love technology, and to me its not moving fast enough. I think it would kick a__ to have all the things like implants and upgrades because the human body is okay, but it certainly doesnt have the incredible hyper-capabilities that we could really use. (Alternative Press) The rock group, Iron Maiden sings in their song The Number of the Beast — 666, the number of the beast, 666, the one for your and me. Shirts such as 666 Volunteer, 666, and Route 666 are being worn by eager and ready young people. For more info see Rock Music and 666. Craig Dees, in the World & I, says: Todays implantable microchip devices used for identifying animals are the precursors of devices that may monitor, report on, and even regulate a spectrum of conditions in the bodies of animals and humans. . . Implantable microchip devices offer many exciting possibilities in the fields of medicine and scientific research, as well as for general use involving, for example, credit card numbers or passport identification. . . I can see in the near future putting my hand over a grocery store sensor that reads my credit chip and automatically debits my account for the purchase. Considering the burdensome number of cards, identifications, and licenses I carry now, I would have no problem with placing my Social Security number, credit access, passport, and drivers license on a microchip implanted in me. (Craig Dees, Watching From Inside, The World & I, Feb. 01, 1998, p. 150) Paul Somerson writes in PC Computing: How’d you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You’d leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn’t have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family and friends could find you instantly in any crowd. There’s only one catch—you’d need to have a tiny little chip implanted in your body. No big deal. . . (Paul Somerson, Inside Job, PC Computing, Oct. 1999, p. 87) A very informative Mark of the Beast spoof was recently staged on the Internet by Bill Cross. Bill wanted to try his hand at setting up a website. Bill decided for his first project, a spoof website of a company peddling the mark of the beast. So Global Monetary was created with the advertising Become an ID chip member and Receive $250!. Not wanting to cause real panic, Bill admittedly laced the site, with enough clues so that anyone who scrutinized it would know it wasnt for real and would therefor not panic. Bill was surprized, On the first full day of operation the site had more that 4,200 distinct user sessions averaging 6 minutes each. Emails began pouring in from hysterical Christians, privacy enthusiasts, the media world requesting interviews, and many who recognized it was simply a joke. Realizing things were getting out of hand, after just four days, Bill pulled the plug on Global Monetary. Bill also made this alarming statement, I realized that I was getting another kind of visitor to the site: People who actually wanted to receive the mark of the beast just to get in on the IPO. I was totally blind-sided by that. I never expected that to happen. . . CNN conducted a poll on Jan. 14, 1999, and asked the question: Would you consider having microchips implanted in your body? Heres the surprizing results of the CNN Poll: CNN POLL conducted Jan. 14, 1999 Would you consider having microchips implanted in your body? Yes 47% 4663 votes No 53% 5329 votes Total: 9992 votes Whats really amazing. . . So many are willing to receive what they believe to be the mark of the beast and, according to the Word of God, whoever receives the mark of the beast shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, and be tormented with fire and brimstone for ever and ever! And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the MARK of his name. Revelation 14:9-11 What a mockery and ridicule of a Holy God! Its bad now — can you imagine what the tribulation will be like? When the salt of the earth — the Christians will be removed! When the Antichrist will dazzle the world with his signs and wonders, prosperity, peace — the world will be jumping with joy in anticipation to worship the Beast and receive his mark! God help you, if youre reading this and have not received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. All these incredible technologies and events are not just happening — theyre EXACTLY as the Lord said! Are there plans to biochip humans? Yes. . . New York Times, June 20, 1999 We get calls all the time: Is this available for children? said Paul McMahon, a spokesman for the LoJack Corporation, based in Dedham, Mass., which markets a positioning device that has helped track down 30,000 stolen cars. People also frequently ask about using LoJacks for an elderly relative who might be suffering from Alzheimers disease or other disorienting ailments, said Mr. McMahon. . . Its inevitable [biochipping of humans], said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Why? Because theres a level of concern, some based in fact, some based in fear, about the loss of children, about kids being stolen in custody disputes, about terrorism, about kidnapping, that leads people to be frantic about wanting to know where other people they care about are. PC Computing, Oct. 1999, p. 87 Paul Somerson, Inside Job How’d you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You’d leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn’t have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family and friends could find you instantly in any crowd. There’s only one catch—you’d need to have a tiny little chip implanted in your body. No big deal. . . How will they convince people to implant these chips? First, they’ll hype the convenience of leaving your keys, credit cards, and money at home. Then they’ll automate everything from cash registers to tollbooths so if you’re chipped you can zoom through in a digital carpool lane. (PC Computing, Oct. 1999, p. 87) Time magazine,April 27, 1998, pp. 50,51: A single electronic card may replace everything in your wallet including. . . . . . your cash . . . your credit cards . . . your ATM card . . . your ID cards . . . your insurance . . . and your life FUTURE One card, or one chip, with your life on it. Time also writes, Your daughter can store money any way she wants – on her laptop, on a debit card, even (in the not too distant future) on a chip implanted under her skin. (Time, April 27, 1998, p. 51) Popular Science, July 1995 p. 74 - E-Money If we had our way, we’d implant a chip behind everyone’s ear in the maternity ward, says Ronald Kane, a vice president of Cubic Corp.’s automatic revenue collection group. Cubic is the leading maker of smart card systems for mass transit systems, highway tolls, parking, and other applications and one of a number of companies and government agencies pushing the frontier of smart cards — the money of the future. (E-Money (Popular Science, July 1995 p. 74) Brainticklers II, Beyond Y2K—Questions for the New Millennium and the Year 3000, Supplement to Business 2.0, December 1999, p. 14 What electronic devices will we choose to insert into our bodies? Automatic I.D. News, April 1996, p.6 Mark David, Editor-in-Chief, Satan Big Brother and other uses of Auto. ID Bar coding people doesnt make sense, but tracking them via RF/ID tags or biometrics does — in many cases. The time has come for a logical debate about the ethics of coding people. The problem is, logic and efficiency cannot be our sole guides in this matter. Is there any logical reason for not wanting to tag humans with RF/ID chips? (Automatic I.D. News, April 1996, p.6) Network World, August, 31, 1998 Fred McClimans, A chip in his shoulder But look on the bright side: Who wouldnt want to stop worrying about where they put their keys or Mobil Speed Pass? And no more remembering pesky PINs, passwords or social-security numbers. Medical information could also be dumped onto your forearm chip. We could even probably away with those pesky home arrest bracelets used to monitor the criminal element in their own homes (imagine how different the Caine Mutiny would have been if Queeg had had chips in all of his crew - no strawberry problem there!). So perhaps the answer is to use this type of new bio-security device to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is actually doing it. . . Lets say we all get together and implant everybody with these new chips. Are they safe? Sure — theyve been using variations to track dogs for some time now. Sadly, I think the answer is chips. Lets face it, the potential value is too great. . . ABC Good Morning America, August, 30, 1998 Part Man, Part Machine Aaron Brown interviews Kevin Warwick, the first verfied human chip implant AARON BROWN: But I think what people are scared to death of, frankly, is that this is the beginning [Warwicks test biochip implant] of how governments — yours, mine, whose ever — who controls us all. We put these little microchips in. Popular Mechanics, A Century of Technology, January 2000, p. 63 However, if technology follows its current trends, this may all be moot. Becoming ever more compact and powerful, how long before hardware as we know it disappears completely from sight, replaced by nanotechnology and bioimplants that plug directly into body and brain? Scientific American, Rise of the Robots, December, 1999, p. 124 Alert pundits now foresee a world saturated with powerful computer chips, which will increasingly insinuate themselves into our gadgets, dwellings, apparel and even our bodies. Yahoo! Internet Life, Be patient, December 1999, p. 132 By 2007, your entire medical history, including the sequence of your genome, will be stored on a data card in your wallet, or in a bracelet on your wrist, or on a chip in your earlobe. Business 2.0, The Web Within Us, December 1999, p. 173 By the second half of the next century, there will be no clear distinction between human and machine intelligence. Two things will allow this to happen. First, our biological brains will be enhanced by neural implants. This has already begun. Doctors use neural implants to counteract symptoms of Parkinsons disease, for instance, and neuroscientists from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta recently placed an electrode into the brain of a paralyzed stroke victim who now communicates using a PC. Forbes, Sept. 22, 1997 Computers/Communications Ann March, No place to hide TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY, c. 2008. Above their home, foot-long robot airplanes patrol several hundred feet up, on the lookout for criminals and even casual pot smokers. Both family cars are equipped with global-positioning satellite receivers and locator beacons. . . The parents, the kids and the dogs all have microchips under their skin with ID and medical data. . . The potential loss of privacy leaves Dr. Stevens uneasy, he concedes, but there is no better way to insure the accuracy of a persons medical records. He thinks it inevitable that microchips with medical information will become common in humans, possibly inserted under the skin of the upper arm. A&E (Arts and Entertainment Cable Channel) The Story of Money, (two-hour program aired 1999): Narrator: Everyday trillions of dollars are moved in less time than it takes you to screw up your transaction at the automated teller machine. More and more money is going digital. . . Some imagine everything you own will one day be tied to a single, easy to use card, or even in a computer chip, implanted in your skin. . . Narrator: The E-money future, however, isnt necessarily secure. The Internet wasnt built to be Fort Knox. In the wrong hands, this powerful tool can turn dangerous. Hackers have already broken into bank files that were 100% secure. One cyber-pirate downloaded 20,000 credit card numbers, courtesy of the phone company. Frank Abagnale (Forgery Expert): The problem is, if we have such tremendous fraud with paper we can only expect even much bigger frauds with electronics. In electronics youre dealing with people from all over the world that have access through computers and the internet to thousands of accounts and theres really no way of making the system foolproof. Narrator: E-money entrepreneurs are hoping to solve the problem of safeguards with even more electronics. Unidentified banker: The golden rule in banking is know thy customer. Narrator: Know thy customer, and then scan their eyeballs into a computer. Your eyes are like fingerprints and by recording them, a company can confirm your identity and your bank balance. Narrator: But how far will it go. Pretty far, actually. Neil Marcous (EDS): Youll simply have the chip embedded. Youll do a retina scan or some other kind of bio-scan, youll validate who you are, youll have your information, itll transmit and you can conduct all your business, literally against a ledger, an electronic ledger somewhere. Note: If anyone knows the Future of electronic money, it would be the people at EDS. Over 90% of all electronic payments travel through EDS — over 25,000 transactions every 5 minutes! Narrator: Did you say embedded? Neil Marcous (EDS): Well, it could be embedded any number of places, for sake of artistic license, lets say it was embedded under your skin up above your left eyebrow. Listen to it Automatic I.D. News, September 1991, p.E35 Monetary Union, Already a reality at Eurocheck The EC card is more than just a check guarantee card; it may also be used with a personal identification number (PIN) in automated teller machines (ATM). . . But what is the future of the EC card? A chip, of course! (Automatic I.D. News, Monetary Union, Already a reality at Eurocheck, September 1991, p.E35 Privacy and Freedon, Alan F. Westin, 1967 As the microelectronic circuits and microminiature components now available in space work and laboratory experiments filter into general use, such tags will become available in much smaller sizes, increasing still further the possibilities for secreting them in an individuals clothing or his personal and professional accessories. Receiving or scanning units will also grow more powerful and smaller, making it easier for investigators to carry them in concealed form on their persons. . . . Invisible magnetic-ink tattoos might be applied (for example, to babies at birth) to provide permanent identification of every individual; these might possibly be used also for locating a subject. Existing microminiaturized transmitters the size of a pinhead might be coded with an identification number, enclosed in a permanent capsule, and implanted under the skin by a simple and painless surgical operation. (Privacy and Freedon, Alan F. Westin, 1967, pp. 85-86) The Oprah Winfrey Show Your Life in the Year 2000 (February 25, 1994) Note: The guest, Ms. Faith Popcorn is from Trend Tracker. Ms. Popcorn: . . . its going to be kind of a more controlled future. Oprah: But the question is, will violence still be running our lives and will the schools be any better? Ms. Popcorn: No, because I. . . Oprah: Will we treat each other better? Ms. Popcorn: Well, we may not treat each other any better, but we can get over it faster. As far as violence goes, were going to have little chips — as a privacy issue — implanted in us. So we — you know, well be tracking. Youll be able to track a child that disappears and get them back globally so that — because well all have our little memory chip. Listen to it Marin Independent Journal, April 2, 1989 p.A10 Future Shocker: Biochip Science fiction technology here Don’t reach for our wallet at the check-out counter. After your food items have been priced, tallied and bagged, simply pass your hand over the computer code scanner used on the groceries, and the bill will be automatically deducted from your checking account. . . Most likely. . . it would be implanted on the back of the right or left hand for convience, so that it would be easy to scan.(Marin Independent Journal, April 2, 1989 p.A10) Time Enough? Consequences of Human Microchip Implantation, Elaine M. Ramesh Franklin Pierce Law Institute web site However, proving that old adage that there is nothing new under the sun, the concept [biochips] may be attributed to far earlier authors. The Book of Revelation of the Bible contains the following statement: He also forced everyone, small and great, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. Revelation 13:16-17. That mark could well be the microchip implant. (Time Enough? Consequences of Human Microchip Implantation, Elaine M. Ramesh Franklin Pierce Law Institute web site) Denver Post, September 2, 1995 Chip envisioned to curb inmates . . .the technology of the future might enable authorities to implant microchips into the heads of convicted felons as a way to handle prisoners. New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson FROM Parascope: Dr. Daniel Man, on the other hand, holds the first patent in the United States for a homing device designed specifically for implantation in humans. Man had the idea for this device while I was a resident in plastic surgery and I kept seeing on TV all those stories about missing and abducted children. Mans device was designed for use in conjunction with a network of existing communications satellites, which would locate the implantee via triangulation. (Parascope) Wired, January, 2000, p. 162 Within 20 years, there will be no avoiding MEMS: [Micro Electro Mechanical Systems] They will be in every telecom line, computer, and coffeemaker — even our own bodies. (Wired, January, 2000, p. 162) Excerpts from a speech to the 1994 IBM Health Care Executive Conference by Mary Jane England, MD, a member of the executive committee of the White House Health Project and president of the Washington Business Group on Health. (source The New American, July 24, 1994) The smart card is a wonderful idea, but even better would be the capacity not to have a card, and I call it a chip in your ear, that would actually access your medical records, so that no matter where you were we would have some capacity to access that medical record. We need to go beyond the narrow conceptualization of the smart card and really use some of the technology thats out there. . . I dont think that computerized, integrated medical records with a capacity to access through a chip in your ear is so far off and I think we need to think of these things. The Washington Times, October, 05, 1998, p. A21 David Oderberg, Hes got it under his skin But what we do know is that proponents of this technology [biochips] envisage first using it on animals (now widespread, particularly dogs, cats and cattle), then prisoners (more effective than electronic ankle tags), then children (e.g., newborn babies, so as to prevent their being switched or lost) and elderly people suffering from Alzheimers disease (to prevent their wandering and getting lost). After that, who knows? The potential for the chips to replace credit cards and cash is huge, and will tempt financial institutions in turn to tempt their customers to try out the chip with no obligation to carry it permanently, and monetary rewards for those who persevere. Supporters of the injectable microchip say it is just the logical extension of a technology that already allows the heavy monitoring of people through pagers, cellular phones, smart cards and cars fitted with Global Positioning System transponders. The Digital Economy, Don Tapscott, pp.275-276 There are now chips that can be inserted into breast implants. Perhaps chips would be inserted into other parts of peoples bodies for nonmedical reasons. We could track repeat offender pedophiles, or repeat offenders in general, or offenders in general, or maybe just offensive people. Microprocessor-based products can be attached to children to discourage abduction or locate missing kids. What about chips in children for extra and permanent safety? PC Week, Vision 2000 Special Report, January, 3, 2000, p.42 The office of tomorrow A chip embedded underneath the skin of your hand serves as your identification for personal and professional transactions. The Birmingham News, January 2, 2000, p. 4J Josh Calder, In the 21st century, our luggage will be smarter and tougher A lost passport will mean less when travelers can wear an anklet, ring, or patch that contains all ID information, medical records and perhaps some e-cash. The truly worried can get implantable ID chips; either way, a traveler could have his movements tracked in real time by satellite. Popular Mechanics, January 2000, Famous Americans Predict the Future, p. 22 Sharyl Attkisson, CBS Television Correspondent . . . We certainly arent carrying around cash. Instead, each person wears a tiny computerlike device in a ring, or has it painlessly tattooed into his skin. Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, Ann Cavoukian and Don Tapscott, p.83, 84 Such a microchip [biochip implant] may strike some of you as a gimmick, but two doctors in the United States recently had a microchip containing their respective medical histories implanted in their bodies, as part of a trial.House pets in Europe and North America are routinely implanted with microchips that identify their owners. When a group of internationally renowned privacy experts met to discuss the privacy implications of the information highway, they expressed concern that these tracking systems [biochip implants] will be adapted to humans. The conversion would not be difficult. Among the many who shared this view was Simon Davies, the director general of Privacy Internationl, who was dismayed that a number of professionals he had spoken to would not object to such a tracking system. . . Today, it may seem far-fetched, but how long before the microchip embedded in the beast implant and the transponder carried by children are merged into one unit? How long before one device can be implanted into our bodies to identify and track us, and to transmit this information electronically to a central database? PC Magazine, June 22, 1999, pp.142, 145 Regardless of whether you like it or even know it, you have already established a digital identity. That identity is a constantly growing and shifting amalgam of your personal information, stored in the databases of state and municipal offices, hospitals and medical centers, insurance companies, stores, banks, and more federal agencies than we can imagine. That shifting, inchoate digital identity is destined to become much more real. It will be sharply defined because you will construct and control your own digital persona, carrying it with you, embedded in a microchip, at all times. The growing use of smart cards, especially outside the U.S., paves the way for their acceptance as standard security devices. A smart card, whether in conjunction with passwords or biometric data, can help protect your digital identity by letting you carry that identity embedded in the chip on your own card, rather than have to store the identifying information in databases scattered across or linked via the Internet. In the future, those chips will be embedded in our clothes and perhaps eventually in our bodies. MetroActive News, December 12-18, 1996 Michael Mechanic, Beastly Implants Implanted ID tags have become all the rage for saving precious pets. Internal homing devices have the ability to thwart kidnappers. Now that the future has arrived, would you prefer your chip in your wrist or forehead?. . . Within the next decade, human implants are almost certain to become available, too. . . And technology watchers believe its only a matter of time before we, too, will carry implants. USA Today, June 6, 1995 Mike Snider, Embedded electronics, a chip off sci-fi In the near future, people may have chips implanted under their skin with medical history information, even X-ray and MRI images, says chip designer Fadi J. Kurdahi, University of California-Irvine. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 21, 1996: Thirty years from now, chips will be implanted in our bodies encoded with credit card, passport, drivers license and other personal information. Wed no longer have to worry about leaving home without it. Noah Webster, Southwest Radio Church: This past month I received a copy of a confidential report from an IBM affiliate regarding testing of implanted computer chips in prisoners without their knowledge. It could be determined where they went, with whom they talked, details of their conversations, how long they slept how much they exercised, etc. The only problem encountered was that the prisoners experienced nose bleeds, and the comment was that this problem would have to be solved before wider experimentation could be engaged. Electronic Telegraph, March, 1999 Just three years ago I put forward the notion that chip implants inside humans would become commonplace and as desirable as mobile phones. I also postulated that they would require telecommunication facilities. Well, the latest pacemakers now have a short-hop radio link, and in the past month there have been reports of paraplegics with silicon brain implants able to control computers, and artificial retinas restoring sufficient sight for someone totally blind to recognize letters of the alphabet. Most likely the next five years will see people with chip implants as commonplace. Newsbytes News Network, August 27, 1998 Sylvia Dennis, UK Professor Implants Chip, Turns Himself Into Cyborg In five years time, we will be able to do chips with all sorts of information on them. They could be used for money transfers, medical records, passports, driving licenses, and loyalty cards. And if they are implanted they are impossible to steal. The potential is enormous, Kevin Warwick, the first verified human biochip implant The Straits Times In 10 years you will have . . . a chip in your head Take out your wallet and count the number of cards you carry, not to mention all the Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) that you have to memorize for every possible transaction. . . Everything from employment and medical records to financial status can be written into the chip. Add a short-range wireless transmitter-receiver, implant the whole thing under your skin, and you have a personal transponder, just like those in airplanes. . . Even grocery-shopping could be easier. Just walk into a store and pick up whatever you want to buy. No more queues at the cashiers counter. All this could be reality in a few years time. The World & I, Feb. 01, 1998, p. 150 Craig Dees, Watching From Inside Todays implantable microchip devices used for identifying animals are the precursors of devices that may monitor, report on, and even regulate a spectrum of conditions in the bodies of animals and humans. . . Implantable microchip devices offer many exciting possibilities in the fields of medicine and scientific research, as well as for general use involving, for example, credit card numbers or passport identification. . . I can see in the near future putting my hand over a grocery store sensor that reads my credit chip and automatically debits my account for the purchase. Considering the burdensome number of cards, identifications, and licenses I carry now, I would have no problem with placing my Social Security number, credit access, passport, and drivers license on a microchip implanted in me. Chicago Tribune, May 7, 1996, p.1 John Van, In Future, Tiny Chip May Get Under Skin A tiny chip implanted inside the human body to send and receive radio messages, long a popular delusion among paranoids, is likely to be marketed as a consumer item early in the next century. . . This is currently very hot, said Edward Cornish, president of the World Future Society, based in Bethesda, Md. The field is developing because the technology is becoming available to do it. Although potential problems are huge, locator ID chips may be inevitable, said Cornish of the World Future Society. Cornish believes, at least initially, that such chips would be voluntary. But he acknowledges that things that are voluntary today have a way of becoming compulsory tomorrow. Forbes ASAP Is all this a good thing? Certainly many people are nervous about the privacy issues involved. . .What parent wouldnt sympathize with the idea of implanting a chip to enable the police to track a lost or abducted toddler? Popular Science; August 1997, p.53 In the near future, watches may be old hat. Future cool may be a programmable LCD that tells time while implanted under a layer of skin. Thats the possibility raised by a patent issued to Interval Research Cor., a high-tech lab in Palo Alto, California, funded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, among others. The device, called a programmable subcutaneous visible implant, would be close enough to the skins surface for the display to be read easily. A control chip and a battery would be the other elements. Holding your wrist next to an external charger would replenish the battery. The device might also prove itself valuable in other areas; the health field offers particular potential, says inventor Andrew Singer of Interval. In one application, the implant might allow individuals to monitor their temperature or blood pressure at any time. While the implant is not actively being developed for commercial use at the moment, Interval sees further possibilities—perhaps even in the fashion industry. So dont even think about body piercing — itll soon be pass. The trend is toward a watch youll never lose. Futurist, January - February 1996, p. 11 The Cyber Future Infotech will be implanted in our bodies. A chip implanted somewhere in our bodies might serve as a combination credit card, passport, drivers license, personal diary, and you name it. No longer would we worry about losing our credit cards while traveling. A chip inserted into our bodies might also give us extra mental power.
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