| Show dp Chip I Implants 1 an Not 0 Just U for 0 r Pets Erika Bullock Contributing Writer Applied Digital Solutions has designed a product that may be a cure for identity theft and it is only about the size of a grain of rice Based in m Palm Beach Florida the company's Corporation manufactures a small chip the It is designed to protect an individuals individual's individuals individual's individuals individual's indi indi- vidual's most important personal tion The chip works as a secure substitute for many of the cards people keeps in their wallets It is said to eliminate most of the risk of losing this information The chip is implanted into the back of a persons person's upper arm The technology y is twofold the chip which stores the verification number and ana the scanner which reads the number from the chip According to the company's company's company's compa compa- nys ny's official the scanner sends radio frequency energy to the chip which energizes it From there the chip sends a radio frequency signal containing the verification number back to the scanner The scanner is attached to a data base and the number is then sent to the Global Subscriber Registry on the web weD where it gains access to the site that holds the individuals individual's information The purposes of Veri Chips are to prevent identity theft credit card and bank fraud to store drivers license and medical information information information mation and security identification According to the is developing many types of security uses for their product One or of these functions is controlling authorized access to high security build build- ings including federal buildings gs and nuclear power plants In an interview with CNN financial Financial CEO Scott Silverman said that this access security could allow individuals to tobe tobe tobe be located anywhere within a facility that uses the system Another possible function of the chip is for airline security which could match passengers with their luggage While the benefits of acting as asan asan asan an identification and information card with little risk of being stolen or lost seems too perfect to some there is much controversy over its ability to be used as an individual tracking device in the future According to toan toan toan an article from is currently developing a global positioning satellite tracker to add another function to the Veri Chip The possibility of an individual tracking system has provoked many questions and concerns about misuse like and focus on the coincidence coincidence coincidence dence between the Bibles Bible's mark of the beast and There are also sites that question the unknown future this technology technology technology tech tech- can bring possibly mimicking George Orwell's 1984 limitations of freedom In a recent article with Dr Richard Seelig who is a promoter of Veri Chip as well as the first person to be implanted with the chip explains the difference difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference between 1984 and Heres the very big difference between 1984 and this No one is going to put this under the skin of anyone without that persons person's persons person's persons person's per per- sons son's consent Its It's voluntary Seelig said What the w world will decide to do with the new technology of is unknown at the p present could p prove ove to be bea a c changing force in m in our way of life or just justa a highly dependable security system |
