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The Era Of Widespread Biometric Identification and Microchip Implants Is Here by peteregwu(m): 10:57am On Sep 12, 2014
Are you ready to have your veins scanned every
time you use your bank account? Are you ready
to use a "digital tattoo" or a microchip implant to
unlock your telephone? Once upon a time we read
about such technologies in science fiction novels,
but now they are here. The era of widespread
biometric identification and microchip implants is
upon us, and it is going to change the way that
we live. Proponents of these new technologies say
that they will make our private information and
our bank accounts much more secure. But there
are others that warn that these kinds of "Big
Brother technologies" will set the stage for even
more government intrusion into our lives. In the
wrong hands, such technologies could prove to be
an absolute nightmare.
Barclays has just announced that it is going to
become the first major bank in the western world
to use vein scanning technology to control access
to bank accounts. There will even be a biometric
reader that customers plug into their computers
at home...
Barclays is launching a vein scanner for
customers as it steps up use of biometric
recognition technology to combat banking
fraud.
The bank has teamed up with Japanese
technology firm Hitachi to develop a
biometric reader that scans a customer's
finger to access accounts, instead of using a
password or PIN.
The biometric reader, which plugs into a
customer’s computer at home, uses infrared
lights to scan blood flow in a person’s
finger. The user must then scan the same
finger a second time to confirm a
transaction. Each “vein profile” will be stored
on a SIM card inside the device.
Vein recognition technology is used by some
banks in Japan and elsewhere at ATM
machines, but Barclays said it is the first
bank globally to use it for significant
account transactions.
But Barclays is not the only one that is making a
big move into biometric identification.
Online retailing behemoth Alibaba is going to start
using fingerprint scanning in an attempt to make
their transactions more secure...
Alibaba, the giant Chinese online retailer, is
integrating fingerprint scanning into its
Alipay Wallet app. Foxconn, the Taiwanese
manufacturer of the iPhone and iPad, threw
nearly $5 million at Norway’s NEXT
Biometrics, which develops fingerprint
scanning technology, back in May. And
earlier this month it took a 10% stake for $2
million in AirSig, a Taiwanese company that
uses smartphones’ built-in gyroscopes to
track air handwriting. The company says
AirSig provides three-factor authentication:
your signature, your phone, and the way you
sign with a flourish in mid-air.
It is only a matter of time before more banks,
online retailers and major websites start using
this kind of technology. We live at a time when
theft on the Internet threatens to spiral out of
control , and big corporations are going to be
continually looking for answers.
Cell phone security is another area of great
concern these days. If someone can get a hold of
your phone and unlock it, that person can
potentially do all sorts of damage.
So Motorola has developed a "digital tattoo" that
will be used to ensure that only the owner of a
phone is able to unlock it. The following is how
Motorola described these new digital tattoos...
Made of super thin, flexible materials, based
on VivaLnk’s eSkinTM technology, each
digital tattoo is designed to unlock your
phone with just a touch of your Moto X to
the tattoo, no passwords required. The
nickel-sized tattoo is adhesive, lasts for five
days, and is made to stay on through
showering, swimming, and vigorous activities
like jogging. And it’s beautiful—with a
shimmering, intricate design.
It’s another step in making it easier to
unlock your phone on the go and keep your
personal information safe. An average user
takes 2.3 seconds to unlock their phone and
does this about 39 times a day—a process
that some people find so inconvenient that
they do not lock their phones at all. Using
NFC technology, digital tattoos make it
faster to safely unlock your phone anywhere
without having to enter a password.
And below I have posted the video that Motorola
shared on YouTube about these tattoos...
Pretty bizarre stuff, eh?
But others are taking cell phone security to even
greater extremes.
For example, some people were actually
implanting themselves with microchips in
anticipation of the release of the iPhone 6 on
September 9th...
With a wave of his left hand, Ben Slater can
open his front door, turn on the lights and
will soon be able to start his car. Without
even a touch he can link to databases
containing limitless information, including
personal details such as names, addresses
and health records.
The digital advertising director has joined a
small number of Australians who have
inserted microchips into their skin to be at
the cutting edge of the next stage of the
evolution of technology.
Slater was prompted to be implanted in
anticipation of the iPhone 6 release on
September 9.
The conjecture among pundits and fans
worldwide over what chief executive Tim
Cook will reveal is building.
At present the iPhone cannot read microchip
implants. However, Mr Slater believes the
new version will have that capability. His
confidence is now lodged between his thumb
and forefinger.
Of course this kind of thing is not new. People
have been getting implanted with microchips for
years. If you doubt this, just do an Internet search
for "biohackers" and see what you find.
But it is starting to become more mainstream,
and there are already some thinkers that are quite
eager to use such technology for very
authoritarian purposes.
For example, one prominent philosopher recently
suggested that we should use implantable
microchips to prevent anyone that is "deemed
unworthy" from becoming a parent...
Although he admits it “sounds blatantly
authoritarian” and “violates just about every
core value we possess in a free society,” a
noted transhumanist author has said a world
government body should forcibly sterilize
anyone “deemed unworthy” of parenthood by
using implanted microchips.
Constitutional attorney and civil liberties
expert John W. Whitehead, founder of The
Rutherford Institute, warned LifeSiteNews
earlier this year that political officials would
long to use this seminal technology.
In an article for Wired.com today,
philosopher Zoltan Istvan wrote that the
notion first crossed his mind when he heard
a blonde nurse say, “with 10,000 kids dying
everyday around the world from starvation,
you'd think we'd put birth control in the
water.”
After careful thought, in an effort to “give
hundreds of millions of future kids a better
life, I cautiously endorse the idea of licensing
parents,” Istvan wrote today.
You might be tempted to think that this is crazy
talk.
But the truth is that this kind of technology is
already being developed.
In a previous article, I quoted a news article
which discussed how billionaire Bill Gates is
funding the development of a birth control
microchip that "acts as a contraceptive for 16
years"…
Helped along by one of the world’s most
notable billionaires, a U.S. firm is developing
a tiny implant that acts as a contraceptive
for 16 years — and can be turned on or off
using a remote control.
The birth control microchip, funded by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, would
hold nearly two decades worth of a hormone
commonly used in contraceptives and
dispense 30 micrograms a day, according to
a report from the MIT Technology Review.
The new birth control, which is set to begin
preclinical testing next year with hopes of
putting it on shelves in 2018, can be
implanted in the buttocks, upper arm or
abdomen.
Yes, I know that a lot of the things that I have
talked about in this article sound really weird.
But the reality of the matter is that technology is
changing at an exponential rate, and our world is
going to get crazier and crazier as time goes by.

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Re: The Era Of Widespread Biometric Identification and Microchip Implants Is Here by Nobody: 12:40pm On Sep 12, 2014
No not ready. Save it for those that would be under the rule of the antichrist.
Not interested. cheesy

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Re: The Era Of Widespread Biometric Identification and Microchip Implants Is Here by Nobody: 9:53am On Sep 23, 2014
A biometric identification? yes.
A micro chip Implant a? No.

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