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Bodily Implanted Microchips Risk Entering the Political Mainstream

Accepted submission by canopic jug at 2018-08-19 03:03:41
Digital Liberty

Author Glyn Moody has written an article over at Private Internet Access regarding implanted microchips, such as RFID and NFC responders. Initially seen as one-off bad ideas, these projects centered around implants are starting to come more frequently and with stronger incentives. If allowed to become more common there is a danger that they will become normalized and extended to uses that are less and less benign.

Source: Private Internet Access : After call to implant microchips in people awaiting trial, are they about to become the next threat to our privacy? [privateinternetaccess.com]


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