BioChipping Employees- Physical Security or Privacy?

[Micael]

I don't understand why there is a need to implant tech inside the human body for identification purposes when we are carrying around our identifiers every day all day long. Our thumbprints, our faces.
For a contactless identification a camera can do. You can recognise a person from his face, his walking..
It is contactless and there is no need of any medical procedure.

[bucknerj]

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@Micael wrote:

I don't understand why there is a need to implant tech inside the human body for identification purposes when we are carrying around our identifiers every day all day long. Our thumbprints, our faces.
For a contactless identification a camera can do. You can recognise a person from his face, his walking..
It is contactless and there is no need of any medical procedure.

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Biometrics are a "Simple Security" measure, more in depth measures require 2 or 3 Factor Authentication.  Multifactor authentication can be something you have/own (chip/smartcard), something you know (password/pin), and something you are (Biometric). Two or three of these measures increases your security standard.

[SOC_Puppet]

I can understand from a personal liberty viewpoint that there may be a lack of desire for intrusive insertion of a chip.

However, from a technical and financial viewpoint, which is where most businesses draw their morality, it is more responsible to the bottom line to deploy RFID readers (often already in place for ingress/egress) than it is to deploy facial recognition, palm or retinal scanner technology.

A tiny chip into the back of the wrist posts no moral qualms for me

[Caute_cautim]

These views are similar to a report given out by IBM earlier this year, the results are shown here:

https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=22012422USEN

It makes some interesting demographics and non acceptance of certain technologies and approaches.

Regards

Caute_cautim

[Kempy]

Do they come in pre teen and teenager sizes??

[Caute_cautim]

Like Cats and Dogs, often the Microchip goes missing - re-insertion of said device is recommended by Veterinary Professionals, on the annual check up.

Happy Festive Season

Regards

Caute_cautim

[rslade]

> Caute_cautim (Advocate I) posted a new reply in Industry News on 12-20-2018

> Like Cats and Dogs, often the Microchip goes missing - re-insertion of said
> device is recommended by Veterinary Professionals, on the annual check up.

So, an annual re-chipping of all employees? And check for fleas and ticks at the
same time?

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[rslade]

A somewhat different take ...

[Caute_cautim]

@rslade  I am actually impressed.  But interestingly why the Tattooist?  Is this obligatory?

Regards

Caute_cautim