US group implants electronic tags in workers

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I know it is a test, but would you work for a company like this?
**US group implants electronic tags in workers
**By Richard Waters in San Francisco

An Ohio company has embedded silicon chips in two of its employees - the first known case in which US workers have been “tagged” electronically as a way of identifying them.

CityWatcher.com, a private video surveillance company, said it was testing the technology as a way of controlling access to a room where it holds security video footage for government agencies and the police.

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My answer to the question is: NO!!!

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WanderAimlessly:
I know it is a test, but would you work for a company like this?My answer to the question is: NO!!!

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Indeed. Certainly not. We are descending down the slippery slope. In a town in the UK, Yeovil, it was just announced they are starting a scheme where you will have to have your thumbprint scanned in order to get into bars or nightclubs late at night.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4678676.stm

I am deeply concerned about where all this ‘surveillance society’ is taking us.

Mike
 
In my opinion, by the business? No. By the state? That depends…
 
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Zerith:
In my opinion, by the business? No. By the state? That depends…
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Depends on what? You want the state to have the power to know exactly where you are at any time they choose for any reason they choose? No thank you very much.

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In my opinion, by the business? No. By the state? That depends…
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By the State? No way. Do you want the like of Hillary to know where you are and what you are doing? :rolleyes: This would be worse than Bill Clinton’s Eschelon program.:eek:

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An implant, NO! If they want to put a chip in my ID badge and track where I go via that, I am fine with it because when I leave work I can remove the badge.
 
Nope… this is insane.
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WanderAimlessly:
I know it is a test, but would you work for a company like this?My answer to the question is: NO!!!

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The chip implant is voluntary. For those who don’t wish the implant, the chip is affixed to an ID card or badge.
 
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The chip implant is voluntary. For those who don’t wish the implant, the chip is affixed to an ID card or badge.
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Like some security badges. That is OK. But I do not want it implanted in my body. It is not mandatory now, but how long before some companies require it for employment.

PF
 
According to the news, it’s implanted in the forearm in normal people. For Bill, …?
 
I could almost see the military doing it, or civilian contractors working in high risk areas. Would it be worth it if you were kidnapped and they were able to rescue you before some nut lobbed off your head?
 
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I could almost see the military doing it, or civilian contractors working in high risk areas. Would it be worth it if you were kidnapped and they were able to rescue you before some nut lobbed off your head?
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No. That is sacrificing liberty for temporary security. We know what Franklin - correctly and wisely - said about that.

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MikeWM:
No. That is sacrificing liberty for temporary security. We know what Franklin - correctly and wisely - said about that.

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But the tag is also something that could be removed after the tour is done.

The military is full of sacrificing liberty, the justice system is almost set up as guilty until proven innocent, as demonstrated by non-judicial punishment.

Being able to locate downed people in a battle environment would prove invaluable, wether it is to rescue someone who is hurt or trapped, or to recover their body.

Ohter than that, the idea of an electronic tag sounds too weird to me, ok for pets but not people.
 
No I think I would let them fire me first. My mother would roll in her grave knowing they are even doing this.
 
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But the tag is also something that could be removed after the tour is done.
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And would last for the rescue of precisely one or two people. Then the kidnappers would realise that people had these things, and the next kidnap victims would be subject to exploratory surgery to try to find the chip, or amputation. I don’t think that is worth it, either. It’s a horrid thought in fact.

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An implant, NO! If they want to put a chip in my ID badge and track where I go via that, I am fine with it because when I leave work I can remove the badge.
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Do you have no respect for your own privacy?
 
More concerns:
Microchips Being Implanted Into Humans; Concerns About Privacy and Civil Liberty
By Terry Vanderheyden

CINCINATTI, February 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The head of an American security company has had himself and two employees injected with computer microchips for more secure access to confidential surveillance information.

CityWatcher.com CEO Sean Darks told the Globe and Mail, “It works great. I just walk to the door in front of the reader, it beeps and the door opens up.” His company contracts its services to police and government organizations. “We’ll continue using this technology,” he added. “We need to make sure we have every security measure available in place to protect our clients’ interests.”

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