Hi,
It is just a rapid way of identifying people which is not a bad thing in
some circumstances. Some catagories of patient carry alert bracelets to
inform any medical practitioners that they have certain severe reactions
or specific medical conditions.
I would immediately accept a chip
It is just a rapid way of identifying people which is not a bad thing in
some circumstances. Some catagories of patient carry alert bracelets to
inform any medical practitioners that they have certain severe reactions
or specific medical conditions. The point being that an emergency
This is a very interesting viewpoint. I guess I am little weary about using this type of technology. If a scanner malfunctions, if you pass by a magnet - will it erase the data?, etc.
I was reading an article today in SC magazine called - "A life threatening security problem?" (October 2004)
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The article goes on to mention the fact that an innacurate reading could
be produced in an MRI scan, etc if malware affected the hospital's network
and as a result any databases or devices connected to it. Just illustrates
a need to ensure that health care facilities have tight security
Found an article discussing a new verichip that would be implanted under patient's skin and used to store medical information. Each time the patient would visit the doctor, this information would get updated. This raises concerns about privacy as the chip could also be used to track the
The chip only stores an ID number. This ID number could be used as a
patient ID number to access records in some remote, allegedly secure
database. The health care provider would need to already have access to
the remote database
The chip itself doesn't raise any more concerns in terms of
Great... all the Mark of the Beast people will be popping up out of
the wood works.
Ahh freak out... the sky is falling. =]
-KF
insecure wrote:
The chip only stores an ID number. This ID number could be used as a
patient ID number to access records in some remote, allegedly secure
