Nearly all the multinationals in the world are using identification cards for marking attendance, opening of the doors and for other purposes.
However, one company is now offering its employees to get a microchip implanted under their skin for getting scanned or buying food items, etc.
The name of the company is Three Square Market and its work-area includes providing technology for the break-rooms or micro-markets. The size of the chip will be of a size of a rice grain and it will be using Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The chip will be implanted between thumb and forefinger and time taken in implanting it will be just few seconds.
This company is based in River Falls, Wisconsin, and it claims that more than 50 employees are willing to undergo this voluntary procedure.
Here’s what CEO Todd Westby stated in a company statement,
“We foresee the use of RFID technology to drive everything from making purchases in our office break room market, opening doors, use of copy machines, logging into our office computers, unlocking phones, sharing business cards, storing medical/health information, and used as payment at other RFID terminals. Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities, etc.”
The company may be calling it completely safe and also assures that it doesn’t have GPS tracking but Twitter has its own concerns! Twitterati reacted over it and here are few selected tweets:
Nooo:
— Savage Lure of 1984 🧡🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@Ley_KJ) July 24, 2017
Don’t want an infection from this:
No thanks. We have enough problems with skimmers on card machines. I don't need an infection from this.
— tom koonce (@heraldjaden) July 25, 2017
Who knows when it turns out to be correct?
https://twitter.com/missy_villa1501/status/889490679046561792
Eh..
OFFERING? Microchips ~ I doubt it. Get it or you can't work here is more like it. Not Good
— Beautifuldreamer (@Priceless1again) July 24, 2017
Note that small step:
It's a small step from offering to requiring.
— The revenant (@audett_) July 24, 2017
So it begins….
— Krystal Horne (@KrystalHorne) July 24, 2017
What’s the need?
— Harem King (@n3ro_182) July 25, 2017
Violation of privacy:
https://twitter.com/rtmiller97/status/889508838642262017
A big NO:
The next thing you know they will know where you go after work , on vacation, track your moves talk about big brother I don't like it myself
— Evkb (@you_r_here) July 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/JKatzMeow/status/889473361042178048
Movie:
Microchip implants in employees… made for a fun movie, anyway. pic.twitter.com/vEuUkk2z84
— WVℂubsFan⚾️🍺🏒🇺🇲 (@WVCubsFan) July 24, 2017
Agree?
Any corp. that lojaks its employees, destroys any right to privacy. We need a federal law that stops this, or you're just a dog on a leash
— Blanknewt2 (@Blanknewt2) July 24, 2017
What do you think about this? How would you react if your company offers the same?