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Mark of the Beast: MARC = Multiple Automated Readout Computer Chip
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 52573" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p>[ATTACH=full]286[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffcc00">FROM WIKIPEDIA:</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)" target="_blank">Microchip implant (human)</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Hobbyists</strong></p><p> </p><p>The first reported experiment with an RFID implant was carried out in 1998 by the British scientist Kevin Warwick. As a test, his implant was used to open doors, switch on lights, and cause verbal output within a building. The implant has since been held in the Science Museum (London). Since that time, several additional hobbyists have placed RFID microchip implants into their hands or had them placed there by others.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><strong>Commercial implants</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">In 2002, the VeriChip Corporation (known as the "PositiveID Corporation" since November 2009, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Stanley Works) received preliminary approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its device in the U.S. within specific guidelines. The device received FDA approval in 2004, and was marketed under the name VeriChip or VeriMed. In 2007, it was revealed that nearly identical implants had caused cancer in hundreds of laboratory animals., a revelation that had a devastating impact on the company's stock price. Some time between May and July 2010, the Positive ID Corporation discontinued marketing the implantable human microchip.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><strong>Medical records use</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">The PositiveID Corporation (previously known as The VeriChip Corporation; Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.; and The Digital Angel Corporation) distributed the implantable chip known as the VeriChip or VeriMed until the product was discontinued in the second quarter of 2010. The company had suggested that the implant could be used to retrieve medical information in the event of an emergency, as follows: Each VeriChip implant contained a 16-digit ID number. This number was transmitted when a hand-held VeriChip scanner is passed within a few inches of the implant. Participating hospitals and emergency workers would enter this number into a secure page on the VeriChip Corporation's website to access medical information that the patient had previously stored on file with the company.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">According to some reports, in 2006 80 hospitals had agreed to own a VeriChip scanner provided by the company and 232 doctors had agreed to inject the devices into patients who requested them. However, the VeriChip Corporation/Applied Digital Solutions was sued by its shareholders for making "materially false and misleading statements" regarding hospital acceptance figures. According to Glancy & Binkow, the law firm that filed the class action suit:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">"...on May 9, 2002, defendants [the then Applied Digital Corporation] claimed that nearly every major hospital in the West Palm Beach, Florida area would be equipped with VeriChip scanners, an indispensable component of the Company's VeriChip technology. However, one day later on May 10, 2002, the truth was disclosed that no hospital had accepted a scanner, an essential device for retrieving the VeriChip's information. Following the May 10, 2002, disclosure, the price of Applied Digital stock again fell sharply, dropping nearly 30% in a single day."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><strong>Building access and security</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffcc00"><span style="color: #c0c0c0">The VeriChip Corporation has marketed the implant as a way to restrict access to secure facilities such as power plants. Microchip scanners</span> <span style="color: #c0c0c0">are installed at entrances so locks only work for persons whose chip numbers are entered into the system. Two employees of CityWatcher, an Ohio video surveillance company, had RFID tags injected into their arms in 2007. The workers needed the implants to access the company's secure video tape room, as documented in USA Today. The company closed, but there is no word on what happened to the employees or their implants.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">A major drawback for such systems is the relative ease with which the 16-digit ID number contained in a chip implant can be obtained and cloned using a hand-held device, a problem that has been demonstrated publicly by security researcher Jonathan Westhues and documented in the May 2006 issue of Wired magazine, among other places.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">The Baja Beach Club, a nightclub in Rotterdam, the Netherlands offers a VeriChip implant for identifying VIP guests.</span></p><p> </p><p><u><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><span style="font-size: 18px">Potential Problems</span></span></u></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><strong>Cancer</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">Veterinary and toxicology studies carried out from 1996 to 2006 found that lab mice and rats injected with microchips sometimes developed cancerous tumors around the microchips (subcutaneous sarcomas). Data suggest that between 1% and 10% of the implanted lab animals developed malignant cancers originating in the tissue surrounding the microchips. Dr. Cheryl London, a veterinarian oncologist at Ohio State University, noted: "It's much easier to cause cancer in mice than it is in people. So it may be that what you're seeing in mice represents an exaggerated phenomenon of what may occur in people." London suggested a 20-year study of chipped canines was needed "to see if you have a biological effect." Specialists from several pre-eminent cancer institutions have supported such testing before microchips are implanted on a large scale in humans.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><strong>Societal criticism</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">Microchip implant in humans have raised new ethical discussions by scientific professional forums, academic groups, human rights organizations, government departments and religious groups. The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association published a report in 2007 alleging that RFID implanted chips may compromise privacy because there is no assurance that the information contained in the chip can be properly protected, notwithstanding health risks (chips may travel under the skin).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #c0c0c0">RFID tagging has been criticised by believers of Abrahamic religions. In Christianity, some believe the implantation of chips may be the imprinting of The Mark of the Beast, prophesied to be a requirement for all trade, and a precursor to the events of the Book of Revelation. In Judaism, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reform Jewish beliefs hold that that cutting, piercing or marking the flesh, thus a requirement for implantation, is contrary to the notion that people were made "in the image of God", and the orders in Leviticus 19:28. Islam also considers body modifications "haram", an Arabic term meaning "forbidden", because they involve changing the body, a creation of God. The health risks associated with implantable microchips described above may also invoke Islamic prohibitions.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 52573, member: 2770"] [ATTACH=full]286[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#ffcc00]FROM WIKIPEDIA:[/COLOR] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)']Microchip implant (human)[/URL] [B]Hobbyists[/B] The first reported experiment with an RFID implant was carried out in 1998 by the British scientist Kevin Warwick. As a test, his implant was used to open doors, switch on lights, and cause verbal output within a building. The implant has since been held in the Science Museum (London). Since that time, several additional hobbyists have placed RFID microchip implants into their hands or had them placed there by others. [COLOR=#c0c0c0][B]Commercial implants[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]In 2002, the VeriChip Corporation (known as the "PositiveID Corporation" since November 2009, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Stanley Works) received preliminary approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its device in the U.S. within specific guidelines. The device received FDA approval in 2004, and was marketed under the name VeriChip or VeriMed. In 2007, it was revealed that nearly identical implants had caused cancer in hundreds of laboratory animals., a revelation that had a devastating impact on the company's stock price. Some time between May and July 2010, the Positive ID Corporation discontinued marketing the implantable human microchip.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0][B]Medical records use[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]The PositiveID Corporation (previously known as The VeriChip Corporation; Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.; and The Digital Angel Corporation) distributed the implantable chip known as the VeriChip or VeriMed until the product was discontinued in the second quarter of 2010. The company had suggested that the implant could be used to retrieve medical information in the event of an emergency, as follows: Each VeriChip implant contained a 16-digit ID number. This number was transmitted when a hand-held VeriChip scanner is passed within a few inches of the implant. Participating hospitals and emergency workers would enter this number into a secure page on the VeriChip Corporation's website to access medical information that the patient had previously stored on file with the company.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]According to some reports, in 2006 80 hospitals had agreed to own a VeriChip scanner provided by the company and 232 doctors had agreed to inject the devices into patients who requested them. However, the VeriChip Corporation/Applied Digital Solutions was sued by its shareholders for making "materially false and misleading statements" regarding hospital acceptance figures. According to Glancy & Binkow, the law firm that filed the class action suit:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]"...on May 9, 2002, defendants [the then Applied Digital Corporation] claimed that nearly every major hospital in the West Palm Beach, Florida area would be equipped with VeriChip scanners, an indispensable component of the Company's VeriChip technology. However, one day later on May 10, 2002, the truth was disclosed that no hospital had accepted a scanner, an essential device for retrieving the VeriChip's information. Following the May 10, 2002, disclosure, the price of Applied Digital stock again fell sharply, dropping nearly 30% in a single day."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0][B]Building access and security[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffcc00][COLOR=#c0c0c0]The VeriChip Corporation has marketed the implant as a way to restrict access to secure facilities such as power plants. Microchip scanners[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]are installed at entrances so locks only work for persons whose chip numbers are entered into the system. Two employees of CityWatcher, an Ohio video surveillance company, had RFID tags injected into their arms in 2007. The workers needed the implants to access the company's secure video tape room, as documented in USA Today. The company closed, but there is no word on what happened to the employees or their implants.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]A major drawback for such systems is the relative ease with which the 16-digit ID number contained in a chip implant can be obtained and cloned using a hand-held device, a problem that has been demonstrated publicly by security researcher Jonathan Westhues and documented in the May 2006 issue of Wired magazine, among other places.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]The Baja Beach Club, a nightclub in Rotterdam, the Netherlands offers a VeriChip implant for identifying VIP guests.[/COLOR] [U][COLOR=#c0c0c0][SIZE=5]Potential Problems[/SIZE][/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=#c0c0c0][B]Cancer[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]Veterinary and toxicology studies carried out from 1996 to 2006 found that lab mice and rats injected with microchips sometimes developed cancerous tumors around the microchips (subcutaneous sarcomas). Data suggest that between 1% and 10% of the implanted lab animals developed malignant cancers originating in the tissue surrounding the microchips. Dr. Cheryl London, a veterinarian oncologist at Ohio State University, noted: "It's much easier to cause cancer in mice than it is in people. So it may be that what you're seeing in mice represents an exaggerated phenomenon of what may occur in people." London suggested a 20-year study of chipped canines was needed "to see if you have a biological effect." Specialists from several pre-eminent cancer institutions have supported such testing before microchips are implanted on a large scale in humans.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0][B]Societal criticism[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]Microchip implant in humans have raised new ethical discussions by scientific professional forums, academic groups, human rights organizations, government departments and religious groups. The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association published a report in 2007 alleging that RFID implanted chips may compromise privacy because there is no assurance that the information contained in the chip can be properly protected, notwithstanding health risks (chips may travel under the skin).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]RFID tagging has been criticised by believers of Abrahamic religions. In Christianity, some believe the implantation of chips may be the imprinting of The Mark of the Beast, prophesied to be a requirement for all trade, and a precursor to the events of the Book of Revelation. In Judaism, Conservative, Orthodox, and Reform Jewish beliefs hold that that cutting, piercing or marking the flesh, thus a requirement for implantation, is contrary to the notion that people were made "in the image of God", and the orders in Leviticus 19:28. Islam also considers body modifications "haram", an Arabic term meaning "forbidden", because they involve changing the body, a creation of God. The health risks associated with implantable microchips described above may also invoke Islamic prohibitions.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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