Employees agree to be embedded with microchips at tech company

Posted by: admin , July 26, 2017

Many employees at a Wisconsin tech company have agreed to embed a rice-sized microchip into their hand, which would act as a key pass and currency.
The RFID chips enable employees to swipe into the building, purchase food at the cafeteria and log onto computers.
Three Square Market CEO, Todd Westby, says he and his family will also embed the chips, which were approved for use by the FDA in 2014.
The microchips are inserted with a needle between the thumb and forefinger.
Todd says this is not a case of ‘Big Brother’ watching, as the chips can only be detected once they are within 6 inches of a proximity reader, and that the chances of them being hacked is “nil to none”.
Swedish company Epicenter already offers similar chips to its employees, but Three Square Market is believed to be the first in the USA.
Use of the chips is voluntary.
Would you agree to use the microchip?