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Kim Komando Today

Workplace of the future: Employees get microchipped

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Why would any employee want to be microchipped? Would you do it? Some see microchipping as the next logical step in employee security and efficiency. Others see it as an invasion of privacy like the classic novel "1984" where Big Brother watches you 24/7. Kim explains the technology behind embedding RFID microchips in our bodies, how some employers in Sweden are already doing it, and 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.

0:08.7

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

0:17.3

How much did that hurt?

0:18.9

Didn't really hurt a lot.

0:20.0

A third holding off for now.

0:21.8

It kind of freaks me out a little bit.

0:24.8

All right, so what are they talking about?

0:27.4

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

0:32.0

But believe it or not, some employees are voluntarily, even enthusiastically, taking their employers up on the offer to

0:40.3

implant tiny computer chips about the size of a grain of rice right into their bodies. Yeah, it's true.

0:47.4

Why would anyone want to do something so invasive with even potential health risks? Why would any

0:53.3

employee want to go along with it?

0:55.6

Well, most importantly, if your employer ever asked your permission to install a microchip

1:01.0

directly in you, in your body, what would you say?

1:05.0

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

1:08.4

Well, some see this as the next logical step in efficiency and

1:12.9

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

1:18.5

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

1:25.3

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

1:29.8

Is this practice, as some people have said, surveillance by convenience? Is there potential

1:36.1

sinister intent? And what about the results? I'm America's Digital Pro Kim Commando. And we're

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