I had just finished watching a special science feature on the National Geographic Channel. The program was about an updated exposition on the government's ongoing battle against acts of terrorism and how sophisticatedly modern technologies were constantly being developed and utilized in everyday life to win the war against senseless terrorism.
The present technology being discussed was already an existing one and is now being currently used as a standard surveillance equipment used by the New York City Police in its everyday security detail and night surveillance patrol.
On board a US$10 million dollar high tech surveillance helicopters are very sophisticated infrared cameras that can capture images with very fine detail even in the dark guided by elaborate intelligent computers with accurate global positioning system capabilities that can zero in on any object with great accuracy.
As the roving chopper hovers around the entire New York state, it can easily detect and project the presence of unwanted elements in any surveyed part of New York City. This can be a very effective means of preventive action against unlawful or illegal acts perpetrated in the dark.
The television feature simultaneously raises the controversial issues of invasion of individual privacy when such technology is used to monitor private citizens without their consent or prior knowledge.
And now for a scary preview of the terrifying things to come; the same feature has also shown that human biochip ID’s already exists and are implanted in over 3,000 human volunteers. The biochip is called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip which emits a small radioactive frequency that can be read by a scanner.
The
RFID chip is about the size of a grain of rice and can be injected in the arm
just beneath the muscular area. Once
implanted the wearer will not even notice its presence inside the body. The only possible way of removing it after implantation is by surgical option.
This implanted RFID is assigned with a unique identification number that store a massive database of highly confidential information pertaining to the individual wearer. Sensitive personal information such as biographical, health, financial, and business transactions can be recorded, stored, and easily accessed from a central mainframe installation as the monitored subject continues to go about on his daily routine.
In an existing scenario, the implanted members are already using the technology to gain easy entrance and access to an exclusive dance club called The Baja. Upon entry into the VIP lane, their arm is just swiped with a scanner and personal information about the individual is instantly flashed into the monitor. The VIP member can also order drinks inside the club and just have his arm read by the scanner for transactional purposes.
A future use that will be soon incorporated for this technology is the addition of a GPS tracking feature that will enable the easy tracking of anyone implanted with the GPS RFID. This will enable the easy identification and pinpointing the exact location of any individual wearing such a powerful locator device.
While there are obvious benefits for such, there is also an opportunity for the technology to be abused. In the overzealous quest to expand the horizons of surveillance, the intrusion of an individual’s sacred privacy is at stake. No doubt, the existence of a GPS RFID personal locator will soon become mandatory installation for every human person as a deterrent to potential and future criminal acts of terrorism.
Ironically,
this feature ends with a terrifying conclusion that for the sake of citizen
safety and the continued fight against terrorism, governments will soon resort
to all possible means to use technology to win the war against what; the
ultimate surveillance of its citizens or depriving an individual of his right
to privacy?
Predictably, I see these reactionary consequences of the horrible events that are to come as foretold by the Bible, the stigma of the mark of 666. If the installation of this GPS RFID was made compulsory by law to be installed within your body, would you, should you, could you?
