Microchips exist everywhere in our society, and are used by everyone at anytime. Today’s technology is so advance that even a tiny microchip can trace someone’s track. When you are using your cellphone with the GPS system, have you realize that you are being monitored for 24/7 by someone you have never met before in your whole life? Nowadays, Radio-Frequency Identification, also known as RFID tags, are commonly used by corporations as a tool on product tracking. They claim that the purpose of the RFID tags are to improve supply-chain efficiency, cut theft, and to guarantee that brand-name products are authentic, not counterfeit (Lewan). Privacy of the consumers, however, has been invaded due to the usage of these tags. Not only the companies have your private information in their database, any other third parties would be able to access that information without your authorization. Moreover, the radio frequency that releases from the tags will reveal your location, that means, every movement that you make is being watched. With the existence of RFID tags in our society, every part of your life would be able to discover by someone else. When these tags are no longer in use, consumers will not be afraid of the disclosure of their private information while purchasing their favorite products.
Companies today, such as Walmart and Target, consider RFID tags are very functional to them. In fact, these tags do help to improve productivity, security, and decrease human labor hours. However, this technology will endanger the privacy of the consumers. A 2005 patent application by American Express depicts that the “consumer tracker” can record consumers’ every movement from the “identification signals” that emit from the RFID-embedded objects...
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- In the Article “Will Microchip Implants in Humans Become Mandatory?” it states “[young adults/teens] will leap to be chipped just as they snatch up the latest smart phone. And not only will the technology be convenient, but it will lend an illusion of power. With just a wave of your hands doors will open for you --- literally and figuratively” (Duke3). In the future Microchips will be the new smart phone. This microchip will be the way that they are identified, pay for bills, open doors, and do anything that is required to do in everyday life. Doors will be unlocked by using the microchip and a scanner within the door that can sense the microchips that are registered within the door to let them enter. Doctors will be able to access all medical records by a scan of the microchip. All bills and clubs and everything will be run by the microchip to the point that it will be a requirement for everyone to have a microchip implanted into their body. In the same article it also states “In the future, the most obvious pro, of an implant is that it could be used as an extra means of identification – particularly in passports. If it meant that long passport queues could be by-passed, I believe many people would have such an implant as soon as possible” (Duke3). With the use of a microchip as an identity and use to use all things, it would be very time saving. As well as it will be able to make everyday life just that much easier. While many people are for the microchip identity, there are many others that are leery and are against this microchip idea
Most Americans don't want to live in an Orwellian society under the heavy surveillance of Big Brother, but we do. Like it or not, we live in a society that accepts virtual strip searches at airports; surveillance cameras; "discount" cards that record our buying habits; bar codes; "cookies" and spywear on our computers; on-line access to satellite technology that can image our back yards; and microchip radio frequency identification devices that are already implanted in our family dogs and soon to be integrated into our groceries, our credit cards, our cash, and our new underwear. It is feasible that, in the not too distant future, our newly born will be "micro-chipped" before leaving t...
These RFID tags allow for McKesson to electronically track pharmaceuticals throughout warehouses, allowing for less lost product. Health care in the United States is at one of its more uncertain and unpredictable eras in the entire history of the country. News technology, services, ideas are being invented each day, and McKesson Corporation is at the forefront of this ongoing technology race. The McKesson Corporation is constantly working with other health care organizations to strengthen the health of their business, improve quality, develop new efficient means, and to help them control costs. The McKesson Corporation’s mission statement is as follows, “Together with our customers and partners, we are creating a sustainable future for health care. Together we are charting a course to better health.” (mckesson.com) Breaking this down, it would appear that the McKesson Corporation is primarily focusing on future technologies in health care and health services to promote better health in the general public, regardless of the continent. The core values of the corporation are integrity, customer first, accountability, respect, and excellence. These values are grouped into “ICARE”, their group of
With all the potential doomsday scenarios that critics like to associate with the use of RFID systems, why would anybody even consider doing this? This is because RFID systems offer three distinct advantages over traditional identification systems:
What is this world coming to? When most of us think of tracking devices they think of primarily negative issues. But that has all changed now. A tracking device the size of a tic tack that can be surgically implanted to provide a tamper proof means of identification, enhanced e-business security, locating lost or missing individuals, monitoring heart rate, vital signs, tracking of the elderly, the location of valuable property, and monitoring the medical conditions of at risk patients, all at the convenience of a button or a phone call (www.allnet). It is called the GPM or as we know it the Global Positioning Microchip. Today I will discuss the ideals of the implanted microchip and some of the technical, social, economic, ethical and practical implications of its technology. Furthermore exploring some of the benefits and dangers of such a device. Invented entirely for animals man has expanded its uses to stolen cars tracking devices, criminal rehabilitations, and experimental animal observations. The chip has come a long way but where will it go from here.
Carr, Pete. “Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty, With Real Dangers.” The Wall Street Journal. 6 Aug. 2010. Web.
The rapid growth in technology has been impressive over the past 20 years from television graphics and multi-purpose phones to world-wide connections. Unfortunately, the government is having trouble with this growth to protect the people from having their privacy violated due to the information being stored electronically. In “The Anonymity Experiment”, by Catherine Price, states how easily a person can be track and how personal can be lost. Also, in “Social Security and ID theft”, by Felipe Sorrells, states how social security numbers and personal identities can be stolen and how the government is trying to stop that theft. They both intertwine with technology and privacy though Price's article has a broad overview of that, while Sorrells's focus is mainly on social security number and identity thief part. Price and Sorrells shows that companies are taking too much advantage from the customer, the government, even though their trying, needs to start helping the people protect their privacy, and a balance between the amount of trust people should have giving out their sensitive records to which information is protected.
Microchip Implant Technology is defined as an identifying integrated circuit placed under the skin of a dog, cat, horse, parrot or other animal. The chip, about the size of a large grain of rice, uses passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. This device may appear innocent on the surface but as we take a deeper look into the subject the demons reveal themselves. I do not feel it is necessary or ethical to track humans with this form of technology. There has been much controversy over the last decade on the subject of Implant Tracking Technology. Implantations in humans has a lot of futurists worried.
Being blind in the whole process too. Mr. Maass & Ms. Rajagopalan talks our trackers of devices we have. They tell the readers about what's going on with our devices. The author claims, “Every year, private companies spend millions of dollars developing new services that track, store… share words.. Movements and even thoughts of the customer's”(Maass & Rajagopalan, 2012). This shows how the government takes the time to spend money just to get information using these advanced devices. Maass & Rajagopalan states, “ Cellular systems constantly check and record the location of all phones on their networks…. Data is treasured by the police department & online advertisers (Maass & Rajagopalan, 2012). This shows we are being tracked by our devices, also how much the government is watching
When devices were first equipped with global positioning systems, it was for the benefit of the people, but now it has become the opposite. Researchers can use the data taken from the Signaling System Seven to predict where people will be going next, revolutionizing the mastery of tracking. It is nearly impossible to prevent this unnecessary nuisance that these appliances provide, leaving those who are strongly against tracking to live in uneasiness. It doesn’t stop at tracking either as stated in Peter Maass’s article “That's No Phone. That's My Tracker.”, “Thanks to the explosion of GPS technology and smartphone apps, these devices are also taking note of what we buy, where and when we buy it, how much money we have in the bank, whom we text and e-mail, what Web sites we visit, how and where we travel, what time we go to sleep and wake up -- and more” (5). These devices are gaining more from us then we are from them, and as a consumer, this is outrageous. Appliances that were invented for enjoyment and entertainment have now been turned into something we should all
While the idea of human tracking has its share of benefits, there certainly are numerous pitfalls that also exist. While the ability to identify someone with an ID tag may have practical uses, the security and privacy issues could seem potentially alarming to some. Not only that, a closer look may show that the technology doesn’t necessarily offer very many advantages when considering the costs of nation-wide adoption of the technology. This paper will try to investigate into these issues, whilst attempt to come up with some solutions.
The placement of implantable chips into patients for the purpose of accurately identifying patients and properly storing their medical history records has become a subject of a strong debate. Making sure patients are properly identified before a procedure and storing their health history records for future use has been difficult, if not impossible. The idea of being able to retrieve accurate patient’s medical history for a follow up care without relying on patient’s memory is a challenging task for many healthcare organizations. Many ideas and technologies have been introduced over the years to help solve this problem, but unfortunately the problem is still not fully resolved. There are still many errors in the healthcare due in part by improper record keeping and inaccurate patient identification. One idea that has being in discussion to eliminate these problems for good, is the introduction of a chip or radio frequency identification (RFID) technology implanted into human for the purpose storing medical data and accurately identify patients. VeriChip Corporation is currently the maker of this implantable RFID chip. They are the only corporation cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make this implantable radio frequency transponder system for humans for the purpose of identifying patients and storing their health history information. The chip was first developed for the use of radar systems by Scottish physicist, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt in 1935 just before World War II. (Roberti, 2007). This technology helps identify approaching planes of the enemy from mile away. Today, RFID has several uses. It is used for animal tracking. It is attached to merchandise in stores to prevent theft. It can be instal...
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a computerized ID innovation that uses radio recurrence waves to exchange information between an onlooker and things that have RFID gadgets, or tags, joined. The tags hold a microchip and receiving wire, and work at universally distinguished standard frequencies. Barcodes are much smaller, lighter and easier than RFID but RFID offers significant advantages. One major advantage of RFID is that the innovation doesn't oblige any observable pathway the tags could be perused as long as they are inside the range of the spectator, whereas in barcodes in order to read the barcode the barcode scanner should close around 10-15 fts. In RFID data, for example, part and serial numbers, assembling dates and support history is put away on the tags and catches which help in maintenance of equipments. RFID technology as high value for asset management and inventory systems
The purpose of this research based article abstract is to discuss research around the adoption of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the healthcare industry. Improving healthcare is always a key area of focus. Evolving technology is one way of enabling organizations to become more efficient if they adopt the technology. Through the use of radio waves, this technology can automatically detect objects. Adopting Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology is a way for organizations to increase the efficiency of patient
A) RFID refers to radio-frequency identification and it belongs to Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) group of technology. This technology is able to scan objects automatically, collect data about the objects and store those data straightforward into the computer systems, this is done with almost no help from human. As seen in the picture below, there are 3 components in this system which help it to achieve all this work, these are RFID tag or label, RFID reader and an antenna. Inside every RFID tag or label, it contains a micro-chip known as integrated circuit and an antenna to transmit these data to RFID reader. The RFID reader's antenna is then start to give out electromagnetic wave in order to receive tag antenna. Once it