Another “conspiracy theory” has been proved to be correct with the possibility that a microchip with details of a vaccination certificate can be placed under the skin.
This last week a company from Stockholm Sweden named Epicenter “The House of Digital Innovations” was to showcase a new subdermal implant for COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
The Chief Distribution Officer of Epicenter, Hannes Sjoblad said on Wednesday “Implants are very versatile technology that can be used for many different things, and right now it is very convenient to have COVID passport always accessible on your implant.”
According to Sjoblad, “this is handy in case your phone runs out of battery, it’s always accessible to you. So of course, that’s how we use this technology today, next year we are going to use it for something else,”
The implant consists of a Near Field Communication (NFC) implant which is a set of communication protocols for communication between two electronic devices over a distance of 4 cm. The data contained in the sub-dermal microchip can therefore be retrieved with a reader device such as an NFC compatible smartphone.
This is not some futuristic technology either, many of us use it already on a daily basis due to NFC compatible smartphones that function and operate on Android 2.3.3 operating system or newer allowing us to make payments with our smartphones.
The technology has also been used as virtual collar plates for pets and some companies use them to track deliveries, and the Swedish company Epicenter has in fact been using the technology for years to routinely tag and track their own employees.
A Co founder and CEO of Epicenter, Patrick Mesterton, said at this time “The biggest benefit I think is convenience, It basically replaces a lot of things you have, other communication devices, whether it be credit cards or keys.
These benefits clearly made the injections very popular among the workers who were said to have held parties for those willing to get implanted with the microchips. One 25-year-old worker 25, who works for Eventomatic, an events company that works with Epicenter, has had three piercings before,.”I want to be part of the future,” she laughed.
It would appear that the technological advances which have led to the “Internet of things” has been normalised for many younger people, that they now have no qualms about the blurring of the lines of humans and artificial intelligence, although to others this is only something that belongs in a dystopian movie.
No doubt Klaus Schwab the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum will be jumping for joy at how readily some people will accept his plan which is to “unlock the potential of cutting edge technologies to transform society.” Schwab himself can see the potential privacy issues of the growth of the Internet of Things.
Although even Schwab admits to there being questions relating to data ownership, accuracy, and privacy protection, which he says are taking on ever greater importance.
According to Schwab “In an interconnected world where electric grids, public infrastructure, vehicles, homes, and workplaces are capable of being accessed and controlled remotely, the vulnerability to cyber-attacks and the potential for these security breaches to cause serious harm are unprecedented” (source).
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