RE: Would you let your employer implant a chip in you?
April 3, 2017 at 1:35 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2017 at 1:36 pm by Autumnlicious.)
I work in ad tech.
Let me flatly state that just because it seems harmless or limited now is no assurance on it remaining that way.
I've witnessed the new advertising SDKs and they are amazing at turning what used to be nearly useless data into geolocation. Magnetic anomalies, accelerometer vector summation, strong bluetooth beacons, cell id tracking, Bluetooth proximity scanning and hashing, the old approach of "Oh, it is safe because it needs proximity # to function" is bullshit.
I wouldn't take an NFC chip on grounds that coupling with it for tracking purposes will become ubiquitous within five years of it approaching saturation.
A band, ring, patch or pendant does just as well without the "takes a knife to remove it" part.
Just imagine being fired and having to be "operated" on as part of severance.
Let me flatly state that just because it seems harmless or limited now is no assurance on it remaining that way.
I've witnessed the new advertising SDKs and they are amazing at turning what used to be nearly useless data into geolocation. Magnetic anomalies, accelerometer vector summation, strong bluetooth beacons, cell id tracking, Bluetooth proximity scanning and hashing, the old approach of "Oh, it is safe because it needs proximity # to function" is bullshit.
I wouldn't take an NFC chip on grounds that coupling with it for tracking purposes will become ubiquitous within five years of it approaching saturation.
A band, ring, patch or pendant does just as well without the "takes a knife to remove it" part.
Just imagine being fired and having to be "operated" on as part of severance.
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