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Kim Komando Today

Are employees getting microchip implants for convenience and security?

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Microchip implants are starting to increase in popularity, especially for employers microchipping their employees. But, is this the next step toward a frightening 1984, Big Brother society that many have warned us about for years? In this episode of Komando on Demand, Kim looks at the technology behind embedding RFID microchips in our bodies, how some employers in Sweden are already starting to microchip their employees as well as how this technology works.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome from commando.com.

0:02.8

This is Commando on Demand, where we talk to industry movers and shakers to keep you up to date on everything digital.

0:08.6

First up, I'd like to say a quick thank you to the partners who help make these Commando on Demand podcast possible.

0:18.3

How much did that hurt?

0:19.8

Didn't really hurt a lot.

0:21.0

A third holding off for now.

0:22.7

It kind of freaks me out a little bit.

0:25.7

All right, so what are they talking about?

0:28.3

It sounds like something from this futuristic sci-fi Hollywood flick.

0:32.9

But believe it or not, some employees are voluntarily, even enthusiastically, taking their employers

0:39.9

up on the offer to implant tiny computer chips about the size of a grain of rice right into

0:46.0

their bodies. Yeah, it's true. Why would anyone want to do something so invasive with even

0:52.0

potential health risks? Why would any employee want to go along with it?

0:56.0

Well, most importantly, if your employer ever asked your permission to install a microchip directly in you, in your body,

1:04.0

what would you say? Would you even have a choice if you wanted to keep your job?

1:09.0

Well, some see this as the next logical step in

1:12.6

efficiency and productivity and security. Others warn it's the next step down the road to that

1:19.0

frightening 1984 Big Brother Society. So many people have warned us about for years. And think about

1:26.1

the implications of these chips. Can they be used to track employees?

1:30.3

Is this practice, as some people have said,

1:33.3

surveillance by convenience?

1:35.3

Is there potential sinister intent?

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