— What chip are we talking about?
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:16 am
Security Tales: With a Chip Under Your Skin
Vladimir Bezmaly | 01.09.2021
— Johann, specialists from the company Medical Chip have approached us. They have proposed approving the use of microcircuits implanted in the human body for medical purposes. In fact, they are proposing to develop a system of electronic patient monitoring.
— It is a chip the size of a grain of rice, inserted under the skin of the arm with a syringe. The procedure for its implantation takes less than 20 minutes and leaves no marks on the patient's skin.
- What does the chip contain?
— The chip itself does not contain medical records, but only an access code to a secure database that can be read by a special scanner. This code provides access to the patient’s electronic medical record.
— Is this an analogue of the chip that is already implanted in pets?
— Yes. Only the use in humans raises concerns among france mobile database rights activists, since implanted chips allow tracking of movements .
— Well, tracking people’s movements is not really a problem today. People report their location via smartphones. Eventually, the functionality of microchips can be limited so that they can only provide vital medical information needed for medical personnel — blood type or allergies.
- So would you agree to have such a chip implanted?
— I wouldn’t just agree. I would demand the introduction of such chips to special services and military personnel. True, after first making sure of the reliability of the encryption. The worst thing for us is something else.
- In what?
Vladimir Bezmaly | 01.09.2021
— Johann, specialists from the company Medical Chip have approached us. They have proposed approving the use of microcircuits implanted in the human body for medical purposes. In fact, they are proposing to develop a system of electronic patient monitoring.
— It is a chip the size of a grain of rice, inserted under the skin of the arm with a syringe. The procedure for its implantation takes less than 20 minutes and leaves no marks on the patient's skin.
- What does the chip contain?
— The chip itself does not contain medical records, but only an access code to a secure database that can be read by a special scanner. This code provides access to the patient’s electronic medical record.
— Is this an analogue of the chip that is already implanted in pets?
— Yes. Only the use in humans raises concerns among france mobile database rights activists, since implanted chips allow tracking of movements .
— Well, tracking people’s movements is not really a problem today. People report their location via smartphones. Eventually, the functionality of microchips can be limited so that they can only provide vital medical information needed for medical personnel — blood type or allergies.
- So would you agree to have such a chip implanted?
— I wouldn’t just agree. I would demand the introduction of such chips to special services and military personnel. True, after first making sure of the reliability of the encryption. The worst thing for us is something else.
- In what?