The FDA approved VeriChip's implantable RFID chips for use in humans. These are the same chips that we're currently using to identify our pets. VeriChip is promoting the chips' medical applications, as a way of potentially saving lives by storing medical data.
Silently and invisibly, the dormant chip stores a code — similar to the identifying UPC code on products sold in retail stores — that releases patient-specific information when a scanner passes over the chip. At the doctor's office those codes stamped onto chips, once scanned, would reveal such information as a patient's allergies and prior treatments.
The FDA in October 2002 said that the agency would regulate health care applications possible through VeriChip. Meanwhile, the chip has been used for a number of security-related tasks as well as for pure whimsy: Club hoppers in Barcelona, Spain, now use the microchip much like a smartcard to speed drink orders and payment. Because of the new RFID technology it is now practical to place a microchip in every product that is bought and sold.
The RFID chip does the job nicely for the products we buy, use and dispose of everyday. Governments throughout the world are increasingly citing the implementation of RFID as a top automatic identification and tracking priority, with agencies at both the national and local level playing a major role in facilitating RFID adoption. From animal identification to container tracking to e-passports, RFID applications in the government sector are numerous and diverse, with a staggering number of RFID projects planned and underway.
Open-loop growth RFID systems in the government industry have historically supported closed-loop applications such as asset management, animal ID, and security/access control; however, future growth will predominantly be driven by increased demand for open-loop supply chain and asset management solutions. Key end-user applications driving the current and future RFID market include amuch longer-term value of RFID and will come from recreating/redesigning the processes that are more automated, intelligent, and agile.
As supply chain partners, livestock handlers, government employees, and citizens become compliant with RFID mandates and programs, government agencies and institutions must re-engineer their own processes and applications to support the technology and a "new way" of doing business. "The US federal government will use RFID as a replacement/upgrade to legacy systems and expand throughout the coming years as the technology advances in terms of performance, capability/functionality, and scale."
RFID's can be used for "tracking an individual's movements, profiling an individual's habits...and allowing for secondary uses of information such as management cards for voter identification, immigration, and national healthcare purposes.
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.
The Proponents of the RFID Chipping system says that "Hey" it is only a tag with a 16 digit number on it... The power is in the database and the one who controls that database is the one with the power. When you combine the Verichip global satellite tracking technology - medical surveillance technology through VeriMed and the ability to buy and bank it should raise a "RED FLAG" to everyone who is concerned about their freedom - this RFID system through the database (which controls it) becomes the solution to numbering, tracking, and controlling each and everything on earth - including you and your family.
It all begins with a National ID card that takes the place of your drivers license. Pretty convenient don't you think? Most everyone needs to drive a vehicle of some kind and if you don't drive your already easy pickings to be controlled. Remember non-conformers will be persecuted by the system and considered outcasts from society without the ability to publicly buy or sell.
DON'T WANT TO GO CASHLESS. THEN WHAT?
First off, you will find yourself quickly becoming financially handicapped in your payment options. You will also pay heavy fees for using checks until checks are eliminated. You will be pressured and even coerced to have all your bill payments and paychecks conducted automatically and electronically. Home banking on your PC or phone will become necessary as tellers and bank branches are replaced by ATM's. Large sums of cash will be next to impossible to obtain. Cash will be recalled and the smartcard will become mandatory. You will then find that you cannot pay your bills or buy groceries. Exchanging gold or silver coins will be illegal without a dealer license.
