An interesting discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos
I understand that no one voluntarily wants to use a chip due to GDPR and invasive perspectives - however the pros and cons are still being debated despite some American states banning this type of technology:
https://www.ameinfo.com/industry/healthcare/human-microchip-implant-risks-ethics-bioteq-biohax
The article above appears to give a balanced perspective on the wider issues.
https://www.gemalto.com/govt/inspired/biometrics
There are wider implications with other technology, from,which we already benefit from "Nanotechnology" within smart food for instance, and this is likely to move on to the drive for better health diagnosis or finding the illusive blood clot, by not using conventional surgical methods. What happens if a Baby at birth is implanted with such technology for health purposes, but in fact could be used for tracking and analysis purposes. Would this fall under GDPR and other privacy initiatives or even SB-327 "Connected Devices" legislation? This smacks of some of the issues we face with IoT technology now, along with high speed connectivity technology i.e. 5G , indoor wireless antenna operating at low power at 30 GHz i.e. at Radar frequencies.
We are not entirely clear, what those implications actually are, other than the fact regardless of whether it is a car, smart building or a human being the potential for being tracked, having something implanted with our bodies through modern technological advances in medicine or food - we mostly probably won't actually be aware, until some time later when it is already circulating within our systems.
Or over time, and generations we merely accept these issues as the new "norm" in terms of day to day living.
Would you be happy with invasive techniques, without your knowledge being distributed via medical, or voluntary means or even enforced by an organisation as a means maintaining security in high security environments? Or even surreptitiously being introduced via the actual food we eat?
It opens up a whole new can of worms to think about and discuss - however, I think this will be an evolution, possibly outweighed by the drive for longer lives, better health, earlier detection rates - and it could simply become the normal means of entering buildings or being authenticated as being at ones workplace.
Yes, we are discussing the issue here, but what will happen in 20 or 30 years, if the subject is not raised now or will it be cast into history as just one of those passing phases mankind went through before becoming semi-automatons?
Regards
Caute_cautim
