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From The Guardian:
Britain's biggest employer organisation and main trade union body have sounded the alarm over the prospect of British companies implanting staff with microchips to improve security.
UK firm BioTeq, which offers the implants to businesses and individuals, has already fitted 150 implants in the UK.
The tiny chips, implanted in the flesh between the thumb and forefinger, are similar to those for pets. They enable people to open their front door, access their office or start their car with a wave of their hand, and can also store medical data.
[...] Steven Northam, the founder and owner of Hampshire-based BioTeq, told the Guardian that most of its 150 implants have been for individuals, while some financial and engineering firms have also had the chips implanted in their staff.
BioTeq has also implanted them in employees of a bank testing the technology, and has shipped them to Spain, France, Germany, Japan and China.
We recently covered similar technology being used in Sweden but the idea of implanting a tracking chip in a human for identification is nothing new.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 15 2018, @07:30PM (3 children)
You're still trying to say the book's all or nothing. Doesn't work like that unless you care to say we should go around murdering, stealing, etc... also since not doing them is in there as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Thursday November 15 2018, @10:38PM (2 children)
Granted, though I don't need said book to tell me not to murder, steal, etc. Though I'm pretty certain that there are other passages in that book that advocate killing, stealing, rape, etc if I recall my studies from long ago (was raised Roman Catholic. I got better).
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 15 2018, @11:02PM (1 child)
If you were raised any flavor of christian (thus have experience from which to speak) and don't see any value in the source material, you're having to put a lot of effort into not seeing it. You don't gotta worship or even believe but lose the chip on your shoulder and you'll be happier. Oh, and fewer people will think you're a jackass.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Monday November 19 2018, @05:02PM
Nah, no chip on my shoulder. I have no qualms about someone else's beliefs provided they aren't affecting me. And like yourself, I could give a flying fuck about who thinks I am a jackass.
And yes, I do see the value in parts of the bible. It is the other not-so-good parts that diminishes that value. That and those who thump it repeatedly.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.