Thursday, October 2, 2008
VeriChip microchips
The Food and Drug Administration has approved implanting a tiny computer chip in a patient's arm for medical purposes. Millions of the VeriChip microchips have been implanted in pets for indentification purposes, but the move to humans has alarmed security experts. The chip releases a code when a scanner is passed over it, and this code is linked to a database that retains the patient's medical information. The database can be updated each time the patient visits a health care provider. View online sites that discuss using implanted chips in humans. How can they be used to breach the confidentiality of medical records? How are they being used in nonmedical applications? Write a report summarizing your findings, and include at least one link to a Web site that provides additional details about implantable chips. (Minimum post length - 150 words) (Deadline: February 11, 2009)
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The inroduction to the idea of implanting micro-chips into humans is enough to strike concern into the minds of all citizens. With these chips there is an endless possibility to how far(as with any technology today) they can actually take it. Recently, two employees from citywatch.com had micro chips implanted in their forearms to limit the access into secured vaults(http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/01/chips.humans.ap/). You could argue in this sense that it would seem to be okay for these individuals(who were not forced to have the chip implanted) to have this done. But, there are also cases in which people are having them implanted to have their medical history easily accessible in case of an emergency. This too, has the argument that they have the choice to do this and not everyone has to go along with it. However, these chips can be hacked into and viewed by unwanted watchers given the right technology. Overall it boils down to the individual and how they feel about having their personal information being accessible to those they might not want it to be accessible to.
Jasmine Johnson
Club hoppers in Barcelona, Spain now use the microchip like a smartcard to speed drink orders and payment.
These chips are like smart cards, but they can be read from a distance. A receiving device can “talk” to the chip remotely, without any need for physical contact, and get whatever information is on it. Passport officials envision being able to download the information on the chip simply by bringing it within a few centimeters of an electronic reader.
Unfortunately, RFID chips can be read by any reader, not just the ones at passport control. The upshot of this is that travelers carrying around RFID passports are broadcasting their identity.
This means that passport holders are continuously broadcasting their name, nationality, age, address, and whatever else is on the RFID chip. It means that anyone with a reader can learn that information, without the passport holder’s knowledge or consent. It also means that pickpockets, kidnappers and terrorists can easily and covertly pick Americans or nationals of other participating countries out of a crowd.
It is a clear threat to both privacy and personal safety, and quite simply, that is why it is a bad idea. Supporters of the system claim that the chips can be read only from within a distance of a few centimeters, so there is no potential for abuse. This is a spectacularly naïve claim. All wireless protocols can work at much longer ranges than specified. In tests, RFID chips have been read by receivers 20 meter away. Improvements in technology are inevitable.
Who would want to walk in and apply for a job knowing that they’re broadcasting details about a heart condition, HIV infection, cancer history, or anything else to everyone within 20 meters, including the people who are considering whether or not to hire you and pay your medical insurance and sick leave? Who would want to walk down a crowded street broadcasting financial data of any kind to God know who? Is it really a good idea to broadcast personal identification information to anyone and everyone, when identity theft is one of the country’s fastest growing crimes?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041013-4305.html
Written By: Jessica Vines
Technology cant always be trusted. Why is this even an issue to put a microchip inside of someone? Pets i can understand but people? come on! I would rather have my files stored away somewhere so not just anyone can view my records. This is just some silly tool for the government to take over the world. It scares me. The end of the world is near. :)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/01/chips.humans.ap/
Monika Smedley:
After reading information on the following sites: http://ethics.tamucc.edu/comments.pl?sid=842&op=&threshold=0&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=0, http://www.verimedinfo.com/faq.asp, and http://www.antichips.com/default.htm regarding the verichip, I feel it's quite amazing as well as scary. It's amazing because having the ability to store your medical information on a chip and being able to update your information each time you enter the hospital. It will also work well when someone is unconscious since it will give the doctor the ability to access your personal information, such as your name and medical conditions. The only nonmedical app I could locate is the verichip being used in pets to help owners locate them in the event they are lost. In my opinion the downfall of the verichip is if someone steals or gains access to the tool that house your medical information they will be able to access your personal data, in which this is usually private to others.
Vicki Johnson!!! I am a vet tech and the use of verichips (microchips) in animals is probably one of the smartest thing a pet owner could do. However in humans it is def not a great idea. I mean sure they are to be used for medical purposes but people will end up using them for many other things as well. People on other countries are using them for clubbing and storing their credit card information and many other things. Sure to them it seems much safer than keeping credit cards. Is it really? I mean with technology these days and the brainiacs out there, they can easily accsess your information. They can make small scanners and bump into you or even hack into standing scanners. That is just my little mind turning. Also, if information stored and the nothing is being carried on the person and the scanner does not pick up for some reason then what? As far as medical records go it can be good and bad. Sure it will help in emergency situations, but also what about the confidentiality side? Breaching that confidentiality would not be very difficult. If your chip just happesn to fall out, your whole record is sitting there for someone to pick up. Also, if this information is kept on a database one person could potientally have acsess to everyone's medical information if hacked into. Not to say if you are in a emergency situation and this chip saves your life but the informtion fell in the wrong hands because the scanner was lost or the person was not whom they claim they are. i really don't like the idea if chipping humas. It puts way to much at vital information at risk.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/041210a.aspx
Johnson Felix
The VeriChip has been a major concern for a long time and there is even a couple who has had their child implanted with the chip already! I myself think that it is a seriously bad idea. I believe the Verichip is the marking of the Beast as said in the Bible!The picture is painted nicely of the Verichip so-called being able to track signs of early illnesses, but what sounds good is not always the case. i also believe that its the government way of tracking or closely watching everyone, from transactions to pen pointing your specific location. We are only told about the pros of the VeriChip but not the cons Inforamtion about the Verichip can be found @ youtube/verichip and also verichipcorp.com
I have the chip implanted in my dog. It serves its purpose effectively and without any side effects thus far. Granted I have not dealt with one on a human level but it serves the same purpose. I tell you what..with what I went thru last year after our house fire I personally welcome one for everyone in my family. All records were lost and that should not have been a big deal when it comes to medical info., Right? I mean the doctor should have them on file so no need to fret. Guess again!! I learned that its common procedure for records to be shredded after 2 yrs. such as Shot Records. Provided the doctor puts the info into a database called GRID. Well, the kids pediatrician did NOT follow procedure so ALL my kids info was shredded and total loss. When it was time to register for school they could not without that critical info. along with Not one doctor I went to wanted to take them without what...their medical history! I strongly feel the chip would have eliminated all of that. Everything has a pro and con. With my experience the pros are in the lead. Think about it..we implant pacemakers, and other electronic devices in the body with the size on a much greater scale. This is the size of a piece of grain. If it helps me and saves my life along with my pocket..I'm all for it!
http://www.verichipcorp.com/news/
Press Release
Source: VeriChip Corporation
Independent Study Concludes That Use of VeriChip for Access To Patient Records Significantly Decreases Emergency Care Charges
Use of VeriChip to Access Patient Records of Critically Ill Patients in Mass Casualty Scenario Decreased Emergency Care Charges by an average of $685.67 per patient
Access to electronic medical records (EMRs) could save the health care system billions of dollars annually
Debbie Hurst
http//wikipedia.or/wiki/verichip
1. First, I would not want any foreign object in my body to make it convenient for someone else. Next, I know that it only take one government, or one dictator authoritan leader to control a nation, and I would feel terribly violated for a hacker to walk pass by me, and be able to get ID completely ID me. I would not want a veriChip to invade my skin because your skin is the first line of defense for fighting infection, and I sincerely believe that anytime that an object is place in your body there are risks, many of us takes risk for health reasons of our own, however being ID'd has nothing to do with health decisions, in addition, I would not want for any empoyer to get my personal information. 2. The State of Florida has forcefully chipped 90 Alzheimers patients, and care givers since the Food and Drug Admin. gave their approval, and the use of VeriChip has aggressively targeted the Diabetes, and Dementia. The Verichip has been used in Employees in the Mexican Attorney General's Office, workers in U.S. security firm, and club goers in Europe
D. Hurst
1. There has been lots of reports of abuse of Radio Frequency ID device such as the VeriChip as "spychips". I would not want any employer to invade my skin to control me of my future, also it is possible that a dictaror authorian leader will control a nation or world. 2. It is a disgrace that Florida has forcefully chipped Alzheimer's patients, and caregivers, and Mexico and this country has allowed their government to chip some of their employees.
I would like to no who would want a verichip? Not even a criminal The reasearch might be useful for pets or medical records, It's not full prove. A new report reveals that this verichip causes cancer. This report says there is link between radio frequency{RFID}microchip transponders and cancer in labortory rodents and dogs.In most cases malignant tumors arose on the site of the implants.The fast growing tumor led to the death of the animals.The report states that this is defenitly the source of the cancer. After reading this article I would not have a verichip or any chip in my body. In another study I found it to be an invasion of privacy and could poses a threat to all of us.
It might be useful for criminals,but how about me? I want to keep my rights and my privacy,and it's not 100% secure what little bit rights we left I would like too keep them.
Verichips: An Invasion Of Privacy?
By Stephanie Puder
20 March, 2006
Countercurrents.org
Recently while doing research for an oral presentation, I came across very important information that everyone needs to be aware of due to the fact that it poses a threat to us all. Surprisingly this threat has not been covered very much by the media, so many are completely unaware of its existence; this is why I’m writing so everyone can know before it’s to late. Although it sounds like science fiction, microchips meant to be implanted into human beings are here, they are being marketed world wide, and have even been approved by the FDA, and yes people have already begun to get them implanted. They work by giving off a unique radio signal that can be read by a compatible scanner. They are about the size of a grain of rice and are implanted with an injection just like a flu shot. They are being sold on the free market for affordable prices. These microchips are being presented as a miracle technology that can only do remarkable good; however, they will actually cause much more harm than good.
These chips are being manufactured by the VeriChip Corporation which is a subsidiary of the Applied Digital Solutions Corporation. At the time being these chips have only been approved by the FDA to retrieve medical history. For example if someone were to come into a hospital unconscious a chip in their arm could be scanned in order to know their medical history. However this is only in America other countries are using these chips for things such as bar tabs and VIP passes like at a European night club the Baja Beech Club and as security passes in a Mexican crime database.
Although in America these chips have only been approved for one thing, Applied Digital Solutions and the VeriChip Corporation have many more plans for them. Keith Boltan the Vice President of VeriChip Corporation hopes to use these chips in a global identification system one day. Applied Digital Solutions also hopes to use them to replace credit cards, social security cards, security passes and more. They want to use them to track kidnap victims, criminals, and government employees as well. The CEO of Applied Digital Solutions, Scott Silverman, expects these chips to be the only means of accessing any information within 10-15 years. These scenarios have to do with some type of enforcement whether it is voluntary or by force, and that is exactly what people against these chips fear. These chips have the capability of doing great harm that far exceeds their benefits; they need to be subjected to either extreme regulation or even prohibition in order to prevent very real and horrible possibilities around the world.
Applied Digital Solution’s plans to use these chips will cause dire consequences and violations of our rights and liberties. If these chips have the GPS tracking capabilities then our 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights along with our privacy rights will be violated. Even if there are no tracking capabilities our privacy rights will still be violated due to the fact that anyone with a compatible scanner from as far away as 3-30 feet (according to different sources) could scan your information without your permission. If these chips are made mandatory for anything like employment or education then our 14th amendment rights and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will be violated for anyone who doesn’t want a chip. Our first amendment rights of free exercise and the establishment clause will also be violated due to the fact that groups such as Christians are extremely against these chips because they are similar to something prophesized about in the book of Revelations. Revelations 13:16-18 describes people being forced to receive the mark of the beast in order to buy or sell anything which sounds a lot like Scott Silverman’s plan. If these chips are enforced then Christians and others will not be able to freely exercise their religion.
You might be thinking there is no way our government could enforce these chips due to our rights; however, government employees, felons, prisoners, and people on probation often have to sign away many of their rights. Children and the elderly are usually under someone else’s control through parental rights and powers of attorney. We’ve also seen from the Patriot Act and the Japanese American Relocation during WWII that many of our rights can be drastically curtailed during an emergency or wartime situation. What will happen in other countries where they don’t necessarily have Constitutions and Bill of Rights to hold these chips back? What would someone like Saddam Hussein have done with this technology? Then there is Scott Silverman’s plan: one day all of the documents necessary to do anything in this country (social security cards, licenses, birth certificates, bank account information, etc.) are held within microchips. At the time being Applied Digital Solutions maintains a strict voluntary rule when it comes to these chips; however, if there is no way to access any information without one what choice do we really have? These chips need to be prevented from having the capability to take away our rights.
These chips have been proposed to track criminals, x-criminals, and kidnap victims; however, criminals can adapt to this technology just as they have towards security systems today. Criminals will realize that they can cut their own chips out, and even worse attack someone and cut out their chip for the perfect fake identity. The reason most people give for supporting these chips is because of the possibility of tracking kidnap victims and runaways; however, this application will fail as well. Once these chips are common kidnappers will know about them; they will know that they are placed in the right triceps as a standard. If they want to kidnap someone they could just cut the chip out or find a way to scramble the signal. When it comes to runaways we must remember that many are trying to escape an unsafe environment; tracking them down and dragging them back could prevent them from ever getting the chance to ask for help.
Even these chip’s proposed applications have negative effects and consequences; even what the FDA has approved them for has consequences. When the FDA approved these chips for the retrieval of medical information they also expressed some concerns for the possibilities of adverse tissue reaction, chip migration throughout the body, and the unknown effects from the radio signal it gives off; however, they were the most concerned about MRIs. MRIs are those big x-ray machines; they use pulsed radio frequencies and magnetic fields which the FDA fears could induce conductive metal implants to cause severe patient burns. The FDA also expressed concern for the easily accessible information in the chips which could be scanned and duplicated without your permission. The chips and scanners are sold on the free market right now to anyone and can scan from at least 3 feet away. This is an identity thief and stalkers dream. Some claim these chips will prevent crime when they will actually worsen it or fail to prevent it. When it comes to these chips we need to decide what is more important: possibly reaping from the benefits or preventing the very serious consequences.
These chips will not stop at voluntary medical information retrieval unless they are extremely regulated or prohibited all together. We need to be cautious and aware of these chips and their possibilities. I honestly do not believe our government will enforce these chips; however, I do believe that Scott Silverman’s plan is a very real possibility. Right now our children, the future voters of this country, are being desensitized to this idea. These chips are being used in their Elementary School Student IDs, in the products they use as a type of bar code, and even in their pets: “to keep them safe.” Imagine for a moment that Scott Silverman’s dream came true and there was no way to access any information without a microchip. Would you be able to enter your place of work, or access the money in your bank account, or buy groceries? Would you be able to do anything that is necessary to survive in our society? We have to reject these chips and encourage extreme regulation or prohibition, or we will allow them the ability to strip away our most basic and natural of human rights: the right of choice. That is because if these chips are enforced, by law or necessity, then we will only be given two choices: get chipped or don’t survive, and what choice does that really leave us with? So once these chips start coming out into the public eye in sheep’s clothing remember what’s really growling beneath. Want to know more? Just type VeriChip into a search engine like www.google.com and you will see tons of information.
The approving of implanting VeriChips in humans by the Food and Drug Administration has raised many eyebrows around the world. VeriChips can be used by many hackers in a way to breach confidentiality of medical records. Throughout time hackers and robbers have discovered how to hack into banks computer systems as well has many other security systems. It will just be a matter of time before a hacker figures out how to hack into the VeriChip database system and everyone’s personal information is exposed.
VeriChips in a human for medical records isn’t the only way this chip is being used. In Barcelona, Spain a night club is offering the chip to their regular club clients. Clients with the microchip can bypass the long entry lines and also manage the bar tabs. The Verichips are also being used in Ohio with a company by the name of City Watchers. A couple of their employees have decided to implant the chip for security reasons. The chip allows them to open and close doors without any keys and also allows them to perform many tasks throughout their working day. The idea of implanting microchips into animals for tracking reasons is a great idea, but as we can already start to see implanting a microchip in humans might not be the best idea.
http://tc.engr.wisc.edu/wunsch/Laczniak%20example%202006.pdf
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/13/1368724.htm
Stephanie Torrealba
Jonathan jay
I believe it’s more than ok for pets and animals to be microchipped or tagged. It helps us track fish and wild game in the outdoors and oceans. It also helps us find and recover our pets when they stray away. However I do not believe humans should be implanted with any kind of micro-chip. I believe when humans get micro-chipped the individual loses some personal privacy. It could also be violation of privacy. It could also be dangerous if the tracking capabilities fell into terrorists hands and they were able to use the micro-chip to get information on a particular person or follow them. We as a society have to be very careful with micro-chipping of humans because it people could potential lose a lot of privacy and confidentiality. I’m sure that it it’s useful for medical reasons but I personally think it could be abused if we as a society use it on a daily basis. We do not need to be dependent on a micro-chip in our bodies. http://www.greaterthings.com/News/Chip_Implants/index.html
Rodney Cook
I do not agree with this Veri Mirochips, because it makes me feel that technology is taking over human kind. Ive noticed that when I see the movies that are dealing with robots, some type of updated technology appears out of nowhere. Maybe its a conspiracy thoery, but wat if this robots learn on their own then human kind has a big problem. The robot could eventually go to the brain and take over the mind. Next thing you know we will have humans controlled by robots, another I robot movie. But this time it would be reallty
Benjamin Bolaji
This chip is a passive Radio-Freqency identification(RFID) microchip with a unique 16 digit identifier. It can be read by a Verichip reader held up closely to the location of the inserted chip. This means that this human-implantable microchip could be read by anyone that has a verichip reader without the permission of the patient; afterall, it is not the function of Verichip to authorise only certain people to read it. It is more like the patient's medical record being distributed involuntarily as the patient move from one point to another.
In addition to the breach of confidentiality of medical records, patients with Verichips can not completely rely on the availability of the datas in the chip, in emergency situation. This is because the company that markets it does not warranty that the website will be avaialable at any particular time (Liz McIntyre). www.spychips.com/press-releases/verichip-hacked
VeriChips are also used in nonmedical applications.In an area in United Kindom, pupils' movements,the time they arrived in class, and registration are being monitored using the VeriChips. The data, which include pupils' photographs and academic records, is displayed on the teachers' computer. This could lead to a breach of confidentiality of academic records, if access by another user (Nicola Woolcock).The Times (London), October 20, 2007 Saturday Home News;page 11
The VeriChip microchips that are being promoted for human use is just an easier way to keep track of people. Since the chip is essentially a computer, it then can be hacked by someone with the knowledge on how to do so. Once a chip with all your personal and medical history is hacked who knows what kind of personal information people could obtain. Also, there would be no way for the person with the chip to know or to stop someone for looking at the data the chip contains. http://www.noverichipinside.com/ is a website against the microchip so obviously most points they make are negative towards the chip. Still, the site contains quotes from officials that show that there are probably other uses the government is trying to get out of the chip. Things such as tracking immigrants, a way for employers to keep tabs on their workers, and it seems that the device would also double (for anyone who wanted to keep track of you) as a personal GPS.
Research has been done stating that verichips can be hacked into and also security researcher Jonathan Westheus said that they can also be easily cloned. With this infotmation the confidenality of medical records can be breached putting people at risk of compromised information security which is a major concern. Although the verichip is the size of a grain of rice it uses radio waves to transmit medical and financial information to reading devices, and as we all know radio transmission can be intercepted and duplicated by others which can be used to track individuals movements and location. Although nonmedical applications of verichips is not being used there is a widespread discussion of tracking people with implanted radio frequency tags. (Jacqueline)
Kristal Hutchins
The Verichip microchips that has been approved by the FDA is suppose to be for the use of medical purpose . The chip is placed in a patient’s arm and contains a 16 digit number, which allows the viewing of that patient’s medical records. This microchip can be access by many others: in fact anyone with a Verichip scanner can access information on a chip. And the chip does not have the advance technology to decide who and who does not have access to the information of the person. Many people oppose the microchip because they feel that it is another way for the government to spy and invaded people freedom. In fact the chip has been used by many governmental agency to track and follow certain people under their radar. Even small business have used to microchip to control and follow certain highly profiled people. The microchip can also cause serious medical condition such as cancer and serious burns. Many serious problems have arise since FDA approve such device, so further research will be done before the more chips are implanted. Further research go to http://www.antichips.com/default.htm
Rebecca Holder
The VeriChip identification is going a step too far with invading personal privacy laws that have been made for our society in order to protect the people in the world. Installing the verichip makes sense in tracking for animals and children till a certain age as far as getting lost or kidnapping, but for adults, it is an invasion of privacy. With putting medical records within reach of what is intended for the medical community only, you still have hackers out there that could a will find ways in order to get someone's personal information, and use it for the wrong purposes. VeriChips are not the way to go and are a way for the world to go haywire in an almost "Matrix" like fashion.
The Verchip microchips was approved by the FDA in 2004. The chip will be place in a patients right arm. The code is a 16 digital number that appear on the scranner once scaned. In my finding the chip has a risk of being stolen and a risk of identity theft.There will be no financial information or social security number being stored.The chp can causes possible cancer. I think that implanting a Verichip in humans is a death threat. I also feel that if a person decides to get the chip that should research it more.
Cook, Alonzo writes: I belive this to be a waste of time and money really. It was said by Andy Rooney on the website I read, http://www.10meters.com/verichip_fda.html, "We need some system for permanently identifying safe people. Most of us are never going to blow anything up and there's got to be something better than one of these photo Ids," Rooney said. "I wouldn't mind having something planted permanently in my arm that would identify me." Now my reply to that statement is, what makes him think (or not think) that a person who doesn't want you to know who they really are, wont just get a different or altered "chip" placed in them. I mean if they have the money and means to "blow-up" something, I'm sure they have the means to get a false "chip". I'm a little old school meaning if I wasn't born with it, and it hasn't come naturally, it isn't happening. Cook, Alonzo
Richard Owen
The VeriChip Microchip Implants may seem like a good idea.The idea that you could be struck by a car during a jog and have no identification with you and need to be rushed to the hospital, only to end up going through a long process of them finding out who you are and your medical history. With the chip they can just scan it, but it raises some questions. can the government locate you at anytime? Does the chips cause malignant tumors in some animal testing the chips caused fast growing malignant tumors. With this technology there are positives and possibly some .
http://www.loveforlife.com.au/node/5373
The Verichip microchip can be used to breach the confidentiality of medical records due to the fact that anyone with a Verichip reader can read the Verichip. Not to mention, the Verichip is unencrypted and doesn't have the function to allow only certain people to read it. That being said, anyone could have access to medical records. That could create many problems, such as people being discriminated against due to what their medical records may reveal...such as a drug problem or having a disease. Verichip has many nonmedical uses as well. A few examples include security, financial records, and emergency identification. There are many pros and cons to this product. A couple of pros would be that it could be used to locate a missing person or provide much needed medical information on a person who has been badly injured. Cons include anyone having access to a person's private records and anyone being able to locate you at any time, which could be dangerous. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verichip.
Candace West
Microchips being implanted in humans. Wow! This is starting to become like a movie that I once saw when I was a kid. By having these microchips there can be both positive and negative effects for the patient thats carrying one. The positive ways is that it could be helpful for identifying criminals more easier and safer. Also it could help a person(s) with their medical history. But all in all there is always negative affects whenever things like this are made by humans. For one this particular microchip can cause tumors whereever this chip may be placed. And its scary because if a company or institution implant this chip on humans (criminals) they always find ways to beat the system. Could the chip be under the skin far enough to be reached by the hand to be removed?If so, think of a desperate criminal thats trying to evade the law at any costs.He/she is going to do everything possible to beat the system.All in all thoguh i really don't approve of this new technology they are bringing out these days.For one it shows me that the world is getting lazy.Whats wrong with identifying people the old fashion way.Actually do some searching.And another thing is that this chip cause a disease that caould be detrimental to people health.With all the new disease thats popping up by the day, this is just adding on to the problem. Info retrieved from www.wanttokmow.info
The benefits of converting to an electronic medical record
system are various ways. Complete records can be
viewed anytime from anywhere, and records can be accessed concurrently by other
hospital staff. Any location with a PC,
proper authorization and access to the hospital network can be used to view an
electronic medical record. Faster
access from more places means medical staff can make quicker and better informed
healthcare decisions. Greater
coordinated care can be achieved by interfacing the EMR system with hospital
clinical applications, resulting in a more complete care assessment and reduced
critical errors. Improved hospital
workflow efficiencies can result in greater physician productivity and patient
care. Audit logs showing who accessed
which record and when can be maintained by system administrators. The ability to comply with
government compliancy regulations can be achieved.Law enforcement and many citizens would like the ability to track and know the whereabouts of felons and sex offenders. Implant technology could be used to track them as well so that one would know where they were at any given time. One example of this is that of for lost children. Technology aids law enforcement during the most critical time in the search for a missing child.
The Verichip implant is a good idea that could easily go bad. I am all for the idea of having medical information readily available. It non emergency situations, it could be very convenient, and in more threatening cases it could save lives. The problems come in when the implanted information gets into the wrong hands. There is no way to know how many ways such information could be exploited. So far the system is safe because the chips can only be read by the companies that own the technology and scanners. In the future, the verichip could be used to track users without their consent. The Food and Drug Administration approved Verichip for medical applications in 2004 but some officials still have reservations. One FDA program director was quoted as saying that the potential for unauthorized medical access “is an Issue”. I fully agree with her assessment.
http://epic.org/privacy/rfid/verichip.html
Uchefuna Singleton
I am really torn with this one. For pets OK! Humans are were I am torn. Maybe some people that are not able to give their information and need to be seen by numerous doctors, maybe need this type of chip. I don't think you should be force to have an mplant done, but in some cases it maybe necessary to have such implants done. In cases of an emergency. Not knowing the side affects of such chips can also be very harmful and we live in an era of hackers that can have total access to you is the most scariest.
I am a bit of a tree hugger so eliminating the use of unnecessary paper is a wonderful idea. However, this is not quite the alternative I would suggest or had in mind. I understand the perspective of pet lovers and maybe farmers wanting the ability to locate a lost or missing animal. Personally, I think it would be acceptable to implant pets and livestock. But human use is pushing the envelope. Would our bodies accept a foreign chip without rejection? Where would the information absorbed from this mechanism stop?
It starts out as helpful tool to provide emergency medical records and evolves into a nightmare. Becoming a serious invasion of your privacy, and maybe mandatory no longer a choice.
I personally don’t feel comfortable knowing that my every move has the capability of being tracked with the V chip technology. Having a cell phone is bad enough. Aside from that I am a deeply religious person and believe this type of technology is an introduction to end time prophecy being fulfilled. I guess I have more questions than answers with this topic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B3SmQilsHw
-Victoria Murphy
Jody A. Lee
Implantable chips can be good and bad. I believe that before implanting these types of chips into human beings their lifestyles should be evaluated first. These types of chips can be beneficial to people with medical conditions. Doctors can scan for the chips in case of an emergency and receive information to help treat a patients. However, people with high security jobs can be put into danger from the chips. If these types of people's information is put into the wrong hands their safety could possibly be compromised.
(the electronic background check blog about how the sites reflect someone's personal life but not neccessarily their professional life is mine too. I think I forgot to add my name to that particular blog)
Tena Duncan
The microchip has been use on animals for years, and the food and drug administration has approved the chip for humans. Sad to say but we are owned by world we live in, and our fears of the unknown. This Verichip should be choices for humans, in the pass the food and drug administration have approve medicines and device and product that was called back. Is this a chance a human want to take. If you’re personal information can be access by a scanner and all your information will be saved in a database, then anyone can access your personal information, for example a hacker, like everything else the chip will be copied and instead of hearing the door chime at the grocery store it will be your number as you walk through the scanner.
www.verichip.com
April Weems
Everyday scientist are trying to discover ways of trying to make life easier, along with trying to find a way to do things quicker. Doesn't it sound wonder to be able to go into the doctor office and have them to scan your arm and pull up information about your health that they want to know without having you tell them what medication you are taking. Well that's what the Verichip microchip. This chip holds everything about your health, from what doctor you see to what type of health problems you have. Its like a health record file without the folder. Even though its a good ideal a hacker still can hack into it, and still your information. A clone chip can give criminal access
to your files. Currently the chip are also used in nonmedical environment such as military, and animal testing. However if you choose that it make your trip to the doctor, or the emergency room much quicker then maybe you might want to consider to have one inserted. Remember, just as with any other medical device, the Verichip has its side effects. There are many web site that discuss the chip. Check with your doctor to find out more information on this new amazing technology. www.physorg.com
KELLY DIXON
implantable micro chips have gone from being pet finders to cell phone trackers to lost children trackers. more recently theyve been doing research on implantable drug delivery systems.This system is designed to beable to give patients controlled multiple doses of "theraputic medication" that would generally have to be given with multiple injections.So far with this studie there havent been any reported breaches in the systems . www.ieeexplore.ieee.org
Blesssing Ukonu
Verichip microchip implant in human can cause cancer.After reading the information about the verichip microchip, there's no way i would have microchip implanted in my skin. it looks like that will cause for concern because hackers could steal information on a chip possibly leading to criminal misuse of medical files and insurance information. also the information contained in the chip could be lost if the chip failed at any time.
Kenny Rhea
I dont agree with these chips. Allthough it would be convient to beable to have those records everywhere you went, it would also make it possable for a hacker to gain access to everyone in a certian area's medical records. i dont know how that would be all so bad but it still creaps me out. I already thing the government is gaining too much control of our livers as it is so im definately not willingly getting one!
www.spychips.com
Computer chips being implanted into peoples brains and arms are just a sneeky way they have came up with to know our every move.The goverment is always trying to come up with all these different chips and gadgets to say it's breaktroughs in healh science but me personally I think its all just a trick. I don't even feel like they should put them in pets because it's still another form of tracking you. They just came up with that first to see if we would buy into it and sence it worked they figured lets see if anyone will let us put one in them. WWW.infowars.com
Implanted human beings can be followed anywhere. Their brain functions can be remotely monitored by supercomputers and even altered through the changing of frequencies," wrote Dr. Kilde.Are you prepared to live in a world in which every newborn baby is micro-chipped? And finally are you ready to have your every move tracked according to http://www.tldm.org/News4/Markofthebeast.htm
this is insane, how can you do that to an animal, and also do that to a human being. the idea of puting chips to animal is understandable, but in human, in my opinion is a bad idea.
(Ricardo Burks) I don’t think that the Verichip is a good idea because anyone possessing a VeriChip reader can read the human-implantable RFID microchip; the data is unencrypted, and VeriChip does not have the functionality to authorize only certain people to read it. Being a passive RFID microchip containing only a unique 16-digit identifier it can be read by a VeriChip reader held up closely to the location of the inserted chip. This concern can be partially mitigated by using such a chip without implanting it, as by inserting it into the wristband of a watch, which can then be removed at will. According to Wired News online, and the Associated Press , there have been research articles over the last ten years that found a connection between the chips and possible cancer. When mice and rats were injected with glass-encapsulated RFID transponders,like those made by VeriChip, they "developed malignant, fast-growing,lethal cancers in up to 1% to 10% of cases"
www.wikipedia.com
As the world moves further into the use of information technology, humans will become a statistic in the race to instill data based technology into the human body. One day humans will possibly carry a microchip that is inserted under the skin. These microchips will have the capability to catalog humans just like inventory at a local department store. The intended use of the Verichip is to better medical record keeping, yet it seems that the chip could also be used to store data such as identification, personal records, account records, and as a location device. The use of the microchip could make the world paperless, for example, when an implanted chip is scanned, a central data base will be accessed to retrieve personal or medical based records. The central data base will be an FDA (The Food and Drug Administration) compliant web-based site, that only authorized personnel will be able to access. Many people are concerned that electronic data bases are not secure. Computer hackers are sometimes able to break encryption codes and steal personal information. Data based records from microchips could also be negatively used by potential employers and insurance companies to make hiring and insuring decisions. It still takes human interaction with computers to piece together data records, which means there will probably never be complete personal confidentiality. Using the Verichip records for incapacitated patients in medical emergencies could stop harmful and deadly treatments, but to use the chip in every human posses too much risk of vital information getting into the wrong hands. Implanted microchips take too much of the human element out of society. One was not born to be integrated into a computer component. A human being should heed some progressions in technology and make educated decisions and not let government officials force the population to become just a statistic in a data base.
www.thewayistruth.com/verichip
www.healthworldnet.com
Jennfer Rock CIS 200 9am
Davellin L. Ramirez
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020311-214099,00.html
When it comes to putting implants in humans it can cause an up rise of concern and can conflict with a lot of people religious views. It can jeopardize a persons private information, other people would easily access a persons information by replicating a scanner that reads the chips. And also the medical reactions a person can have can also cause some concern. Just like with any medical procedure you are taking a risk putting a foreign object in your body. Then you have the religious concern, some people see this as the “mark of beast”. My view on this is I am against it, I would rather not have more of my information easily accessible to others that might be able to harm me.
Romanda Fields
http://www.verichipcorp.com/content/company/rfid101
The verichip sounds like a good plan, i can see where they want to go with it. I can also see its down fall. I have question well concerns I should say about the product. 1. What happens if you gain weight will it be able to scan through the thickness we aquire? 2. Over the years will it cause health issues itself such as: infections, swelling etc? 3. How is the information uploaded, is by the hand of human? That scares me.Im studying to be nurse in the health field one letter out of word means another thing. or nothing at all. Dont get me wrong if you are in a terrible accident and you can talk, the chip will tell them what medications you are allergic to.
D.Irby
I think that is so crazy and pretty much stupid. I would never have anything like that done to me. that is giving the goverment way to mcuh power in your life. just like any computer can get hacked so can that. anyone will be able to reald your personal files. and to me that is scary. they can continue to put my records on a shelf somewere. more info on this can be found on verichipcorp. com
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/01/chips.
Technology is a very powerfull and ccurupt development in this world. One human being given to much power can regulate the lives of an everyday life. This micro chip development is just the start of global breakdown and an government ran world where examples have been made in movies, and to my worry, some of thjose movies where people say "that would never happen", has happened and so on. The microchip development is wrong and scarry to involve both animals and humans to its development.
Jasmine Melton...
For medical identification, the device is inserted, usually under the skin on the back of a patient's arm, in a quick, relatively painless procedure. Using the system, emergency-room doctors could scan unconscious or incoherent patients to quickly check their blood type and find out if they are taking any medications or have allergies or other medical conditions. Nurses could identify family members and determine whether patients are organ donors or have living wills. Surgeons could scan patients on the operating table to make sure they are working on the right person.Each unit, which lasts indefinitely, transmits a unique 16-digit number that can be read by a handheld scanner. The number is used to locate a medical record previously stored on a secure Web site. Today we have verified accounts of the VeriChip system being used for law enforcement personnel identification, VIP club lounge entry, as an anti-kidnapping
technology, and even for employee physical secure access. Though these cases are
admittedly limited, the potential for widespread use of microchip implants in humans
is real and possible.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/?eref=rss_health
Ryan Kiplinger
Personally, the mere concept of implanting an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) chip into someone's arm is egregiously appalling. Seemingly Orwellian in nature, the technology used in RFID chips has been around for roughly thirty years. Yet the idea of implanting these devices into human tissue is a relatively new concept. Originally used to track packages, livestock, and pets, the RFID has now been implanted in a small number of American citizens for both security and health care purposes. For a small company in Ohio, three employees use the chip to access restricted areas of the facility that they work in. In regards to health care, some doctors are purporting the use of these chips in patients so that all of their health information can be stored and easily scanned in case of emergency. But the RFID chips do not come without concerns from the majority of the population and civil rights groups. Many experts agree that these chips could be hacked and a patients medical information leeched out to the perpetrator, or a companies secret files. Others believe that these chips would make us not more than mere cattle, easily tracked by an Orwellian government. From a religious perspective, many state that these chips could be a precursor to the Biblical apocalypse. I'll leave everyone reading this to come to their own conclusions, but I would be suspicious about the eventual outcome of wide scale usage of RFID chips in humans.
Source:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/13/1368724.htm
VeriChips are used to identify people, locate them, and track them across america.. the chip is placed above the triceps of the arm and is small ad a grain of rice. it is well known to b used in the health care field and healthcare facilities. it contains a persons healthcare history and imformation. it cost $150-$200 to ge one. each person will recieve a code for the chip so they can b identified. the chips can be read from where ever you are it dosent matter they can b read from a far or near and iot dosnt matter what you are doing. they are also wanting banks to use it to decrease the identity theft and fraud. and one day they may become mandatory. personally i would not want a chip implanted in my body! paper is fine with me. it jus seems weird and futuristic. but i would not get one implanted in me. maybe for a elder or a person who dosent have a lot of family. i do think they would help speed up the treatment in a person in an emergancy. sites to get more info at is
www.orwell.com
thefreelibrary.com
www.informationliberation.com
VeriChip is the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved human-implantable radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip. It is marketed by VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, and it received United States FDA approval in 2004. About twice the length of a grain of rice, the device is typically implanted above the triceps area of an individual’s right arm.[citation needed] Once scanned at the proper frequency, the VeriChip responds with a unique 16 digit number which could be then linked with information about the user held on a database for identity verification, medical records access and other uses. The insertion procedure is performed under local anesthetic in a physician's office and once inserted, is invisible to the naked eye. As an implanted device used for identification by a third party, it has generated controversy and debate. I give all the credit for this info to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeriChip. I notice another article on the web that this VeriChip Microchip Implants Cause Fast-Growing, Malignant Tumors in Lab Animals...etc. I really dont know anything about how they are using the mircohips for medical records, but I saw a movie starring Jamie Fox entitled Bait. This was interesting because he was implanted with a microchip without his consent for the police to track his every move in hopes of catching some other criminals This just lets us know how this world is moving swiftly with technology. This is our future....
i think this is a brand new technology that hasnt really been tested yet, although it has been very successful in animals, it has not really had real human trials. if the technolgy works in humans i think we should be able to have the option to have one put on us.
By Willie Moore
This article is sick.
Planting chips in people for tracking device is taking a persons privacy away. (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/01/. It is up to the person they are giving the chip to if they want it or not. Me personally i would not enjoy someone knowing my every move or installing a chip in my child when they are born. The way the world is evolving, i would not be surprised if the next or the next 2 generations on had chips invading their bodies. its not natural.
Robert hervey
In think imputing microchips into a patients arm can be a positive accomplishment. the world is always afraid of change. This new change will save lives if you think about it. Placing microchips in a person’s arm will allow the medical history to be viewed by the doctor much faster than searching from records through a computer and waiting long hours in a hospital. A good example would be if a patient become unconscious and is unable to speak. The doctor will most of the time have to do several diagnostics on the patient and then administer the proper care. But with just a scan of the arm the doctor could pull up the patient’s medical history the save a life. The only downside to this clip would be the ability of the doctors to see if you have insurance and if you can be accepted into the hospital. Or, the government getting their hands or it and using it for the wrong things such as listening to your conversations. Different ideas for technology come a dime a dozen but this has to be history in the making. The ability to help people by scanning their arms and seeing what treatment or immediate care they may need, very positive.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364/
The Idea of VeriChip sounds great, never having to worry if the Hospital has lost or medical records, or if the doctor is looking at the Right one, or even never having to worry if you lost your credit card...or child for that matter, but what cost will be pay for this security or peace of mind? In recent studies the VeriChip has been linked to cause cancer. Also, there are no authorizations of who can read the chips, in fact anyone with a VeriChip reader can. not to mention the security factor, Everyone has a fear of "big brother" watching them, what stops the Government from tracking people using these chips? While, I think they are a great idea, and technology, especially in a beloved family pet. But, I do not approve the use of them in Humans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VeriChip
I think that it may be a good idea and also a bad idea to store chips into humans. Some implanted chips may help humans with different medical problems. I am always agrreing to new technologes that will help humans discover if anything is wrong with them and I feel if they know earlier, it may save their life. The micro chips are the "new" technology for treatments of diseases. On the other hand, i disagree. I do not think that in orer to have something treated we as humans have to be controlled by thses chips. Why should we be controlled in order to be helped? That part i disagree with. They should come up with a new technology that will not only help us but at the same time we still can act on our own without being controlled.
laura knight
http://www.physorg.com/news69341086.html
they can breach confidentiality by people scanning them and using the information for themselves. Also you can use it as a tracking device.
S. COTTON ...The VeriChip is an interesting concept. I think It would be good for animals but not for humans. It seems like too much of our lives will be run by technology. What if some kind of glitch happens where your arm does not scan or something. www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/041210a.aspx. The cbn website says that the chip has been associated with health risks such as adverse tissue reactions, electric hazards, and MRI compatibility. The chip is suppose to be of use to those who are unable to speak during an emergency. The chip will allow health care providers to about allergies blood type and etc. Another chip is on the move in spain. They are using it like a credit card. i think this is crazy. This is suppose to be safer than credit cards and cash. If this kind of information got into the wrong hands it would be catastrophic
Jacob Hunter.
I can not agree with any of this talk of putting microchips into people. it is against what our great and free country stands for. we do not need people to know where we are and what we do all the time. as U.S citizens we are supposed to be free and not have to worry about people invading our privacy like a microchip would do.
I feel implanting a tiny computer chip in a patients arm for medical purposes or any purpose is a trick of the government, this is the mark of the beast read your bible, I no alot of people might not agree with this but this is my opinion.
Aree Anderson
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SHEREE` MAXWELL
THIS TOPIC IS VERY PATICULAR TO ME. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY WRONG THING TO DO! THIS IS A SNEAKY WAY TO GIVE EVERYONE A BARCODE AND WE AS PEOPLE SHOULD FIND THIS INETHICAL! WHO WANTS EVERYTHING TO BE KNOWN WITH JUST A SIMPLE SCAN? ITS BAD ENOUGH WE HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND THAT NO ONE IS THE SAME. THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW THAT THE DOCTORS CANNOT DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH ANYONE ELSE IS THERE FOR A REASON!!! I MEAN IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. IF THE CLIENT WAS GIVEN THE OPTION TO HAVE SOME OF THE MATERIAL UNACCESSABLE THEN IT WOULD BE BETTER.
Karissa Barrett
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/weyrich/070207
Collecting medical information on a microchip worries a lot of people. In my opinion it is one of the most reliable ways to store information about a certain person. The chip cannot be damaged if it is under the skin and it cannot be lost. If a person is unconscious and unable to obtain medical records the people who have to think quickly and make medical decisions can scan his/her information and be beneficial about how they handle the patient. In some small towns or cities the money chip is being tested. It is very similar to the medical chip, but the money chip holds credits that are used to become the one and only world currency.
Implanitng micro chips in to individuals is a fantastic new ability of technology. These chips make individuals who have them safer by the microchip being able to relay all their medical information. Upon an emergency, medics on the scene would be gtreatly helped by simply knowing what medications the individual may or amy not be allergic too, therby allowing quicker care to the person. However, with all good things in advances in technology, there are draw backs. Scientist must ensure that the personal informatrion stored in these chips is encrypted enough to prevent anyone from hacking into the chip without proper authoization. http://www.verichipcorp.com/content/company/corporatefaq
Joshua Whatley
My my my... What is this world coming to??? Implanting microchips into humans is so controversial. There is a plus side to the argument and there is a minus side to the argument. However I will include that this is a very brilliant ideal for retrieving medical information very quickly. If it came at a cheap price or was covered by my medical care provider then I would have one installed into my body. If the Food and Drug Administration has approved it then there isn't anything to really be afraid of. While researching on the subject of the matter I could not find any information on how these microchips were being used negatively but I did read that it does happen and more than I expected it to. One of the main ways that the implanted microchips have been used for non medical purposes does not even apply to humans. Scientist implant the chips into animals to keep track of them.
verichips help medical exmainers to identify what an individual might be secuming to. it would give doctors important information such as alleries (to certain medicine) and medication they may be on. privacy could be violated by govornment taking someones medical information without thier knowledge
http://www.verichipcorp.com/
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