What Would You DO for a Klondike Bar - OR "National Security?"
What would you do for a Klondike Bar? If you've ever seen the
antics of these cleverly and comedically devised commercials,
you would be aware of what people would be willing to do for the
tasty, delicious treat.....BUT, what would you do for sake of
National Security? Nearly stripped from the pages of a sci-fi
novel, comes an all, too incredible story of real, life-altering
technology. Modifying the course of civilization as we know it,
"Applied Digital Solutions," creator of "Verichip," is
purportedly and actively developing applications for this
controversial product for National defense organization --
Department of Homeland Security. According to company press
releases, the Verichip (dubbed the "Human Barcode") is an
implantable device about the size of a grain of rice. Composed
of a microchip within a glass and silicone cylinder, Verichip
may ultimately become the Human social security number of the
future. Not just a form of simple identification, Verichip can
ultimately contain retrievable information regarding detailed
medical and financial history. And future capabilities are
indicative of having GPS - encoded technology (Global
Positioning Surveillance), and photographic memory record
details. Currently, Verichip is a trial-by-use, or "voluntary"
injection only. However, the US Government, working in
conjunction with the makers of these chips, are "encouraging"
usage of them -- of course for "your own security," and "medical
purposes." The first family to have Verichip installed (yes, I
didn't stutter -- "installed") was a family in Boca Raton,
Florida. Both parents, injected with a Verichip, watched as
their 14-year old son was injected with the chip as well.
Another perspective of the Verichip, is that it raises questions
of whether or not parents should have the right to have their
children injected with these little, digital devices. Although
parents may fingerprint and now, even take DNA swabs of
chidrens' saliva in case of abduction purposes -- at what point
does "protection" become noninvasive; or in the case of Verichip
installation, intrusive? Advocates for this new and disturbing
technology will counterattack claims of privacy invasion, and