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CraginS
Defender I

BioChipping Employees- Physical Security or Privacy?

Chipping pets has been around for years.

Chipping people has, too, but not nearly so wide spread.

The Guardian has reported that the idea of chipping employees is being discussed by employers, and unions are expressing concern.

Alarm over talks to implant UK employees with microchips
Trades Union Congress concerned over tech being used to control and micromanage

 

Consider:

Having chips in all employees and readers placed around the facility, in addition to being connected to IT systems for identification and authentication, could greatly benefit physical security and insider threat protection.

Of course, that same system could become an amazingly intrusive invasion of privacy.

 

So... would you recommend a chip program as part of the security program at a company you were advising?

Alternately, if your employer set up a voluntary chip program, would you get a chip?

Or, if your employer announced a mandatory program, would you quit?

 

 

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Micael
Viewer II

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
Newcomer I


@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.

 


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
Newcomer I

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
Community Champion

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
Newcomer III

Do they come in pre teen and teenager sizes??

Caute_cautim
Community Champion

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
Influencer II

> 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
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A somewhat different take ...


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

 

Regards

 

Caute_cautim