Why do people currently implanted chips, as it extends the capabilities of the human body and what is dangerous
A Life Technologies / / December 19, 2019
"Good morning, Professor"
In 1998, British scientist, cybernetics Kevin Warwick decidedPROFESSOR CYBORG the unusual and even groundbreaking at the time the experiment. Professor Cyborg as call him later in the press, implanted in his arm a small glass capsule with an electromagnetic coil and a silicon chip inside. To demonstrate the technology in action, he entered the building, where he worked then, leaning his hand to the reader. "Good morning, Professor Warwick. You have five new messages ", - said the computer voice activated chip.
This research experiment was to demonstrate the usability of RFID-tags in everyday life. For example, they allow you to keep the house keys and pass on the job is not just handy, but literally in his hand. Nevertheless, 20 years after the first experiment, many refer to like "upgrade" with a grain of salt. Not every doctor decides to implant a chip - and not even because the procedure is dangerous (according to its complexity, probably, can be compared with piercing), but simply because such operations almost no one does, at least in Russia.
RFID-tags are used almost constantly in everyday life. They are hidden in your travel, bank cards for contactless payment, labels on the goods in the store, biometric passports and even possibly at the withers beloved pet. This technology is so easy and familiar that we do not think about its existence - until, of course, as long as we do not offer to implant the chip in his hand. Those who enhances his body by implanting cybernetic devices called "Grinder». In fact, it's the same biohakery only a narrow direction.
What made Kevin Warwick to take this unusual step at the time, and implanted a chip in his hand? First of all, perhaps, curiosity, but not limited to it. Paradoxically - is the fear of progress.
Computers are developing very quickly: more recently the game "Minesweeper" seemed to be something exciting, risky and exciting, but today we have already not surprising snide remarks voice assistants and artificial intelligence system that plays professional chess players and go. In 2006, Warwick in the next interview noticeChip under the skin: human TuningThat only evolve into cyborgs, people will be able to retain power over the planet. According to him, before the uprising of machines left nothing at all - some 20-40 years, and then they, if humanity will not figure out how to empower themselves, to put us to the zoo "along with other animals. "
It is interesting that the same (though much less fatalistic) views are held and Stephen Hawking. In an interview, he said: "To maintain the superiority of biological systems over the electronic, we need to improve our nature by DNA complications or connection with machines."
So what comes out, it is necessary to urgently seek a surgeon who implanted the chip you cherished? If you are waiting for a clear answer to this question, then it will not.
will cyborg
Over the past 20 years, industry production of implantable RFID-chips stepped forward. Perhaps one of the brightest stars of the market, you can call the company Dangerous Things, which sells ready-made kits for self-administration under the skin of a glass capsule. Today, they are ordered by buyers from different countries, including from Russia. By 2017 Dangerous Things sold about 10,000 sets, and we can assume that today this figure has grown.
The set consists of: medical gloves; a cotton swab soaked in iodine; sterile wipes; kit for implanting RFID tags for animals, consisting of an applicator with an already embedded special RFID-tag (which is not suitable for a person, as has a special coating, which over time are fixed, so that it becomes impossible to retrieve her body tissues), and, in fact, the chip itself. This simple kit allows you to carry out the operation at home.
User "Habra" named termsl orderedRFID-implantation - results after 7 months a set back in the distant 2013. As he wrote in his post, implantation took place without problems and no inconvenience glass capsule is not the cause. A similar experience toldMy experience biohakinga. Part 1: RFID and the user AndrewRo in 2016, with it is implanted in the arm is not one but four implants (including a small magnet), which help him to unlock the phone and the door of the house.
With implants are experimenting not only individual enthusiasts, but also the company - though such cases are rare so far. These include, for example, entered the company for the production of vending machines in Wisconsin, USA. Three Square Market tellsA Wisconsin company will let employees use microchip implants to buy snacks and open doorsThat the chip is worth $ 300 will allow the employee to open the door at the entrance to log into the computer and even to buy food in the dining room of this company. In 2017, on the implantation of the microchip agreed to 50 employees. BioHax International, supplier of chips for Three Square Market, claimsImaginary risks and real dangers of implanted microchips under the skinThat dozens of companies, including international companies interested in introducing similar services.
The Swedish experience - another example that deserves attention. There are about 3.5 thousand people, implanted a chip under their skin. Thanks to the efforts of the company Biohax International, which is engaged in the sale and installation of chips on the technical 2015 fairs in June 2017 controllers on the Swedish railways began to scan the hands of passengers with special reader. At the same time, the Government has not expressed an official position regarding the sale of chips: it neither endorses nor prohibits it.
experts explainProfessor has world's first silicon chip implant Swedish phenomenon unique technological climate in the country. Over the past two decades, the Swedish Government to invest heavily in technology infrastructure, and now, in many countries the economy is based on exporting digital, digital services and innovation.
This is largely affected the Swedish culture. For example, it played a major role in shaping the ideas of transhumanism: in 1998 the Swede Nick Bostrom founded a public non-governmental organization Humanity +, Advocate for technologies that enhance human capabilities. Today, many people in Sweden believe that they should improve and develop their biological bodies - and, as practice shows, are actively doing it.
Your documents
Use in RFID-chips - a great many, and they are not limited relief passage in the building and fast shopping. Among the important areas include, for example, medicine. Some doctors believe that the implantation of RFID-label with the patient's medical history (which he had taken antibiotics in the past, what he is allergic, and so on) would help to provide fast and effective assistance to victims who are without consciousness.
Such a chip is particularly usefulHuman Microchipping, The Benefits And Downsides patients suffering from memory disorders such as Alzheimer's disease patients. However, there is a problem getting-informed consent to medical intervention, as it is necessary for the implantation procedure.
Another obvious use - identification of the person. The need for paper documents is no longer, if a person is a carrier of the chip. In fact, today a similar idea is implemented in the form of animal tags, which enable a person to detect a lost pet, bring it to the clinic or other organization, which will install in minutes, to whom he belongs. In addition, chipped their pets a must if you want to transport them across the border.
Identification using the chips used in animal husbandry: last month edition of "Vedomosti" reportedThe Ministry of Agriculture is seeking mandatory labeling of cats and dogs, cattle and beesThat the Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a bill that requires the label and chipped pets and livestock in private farms and farms. Moreover, RFID-tags are used in many other countries - often they can be seen as a tag attached to the ear of the animal.
However, when it comes to a similar method of identifying a person, many are beginning to worry about their privacy. In part, these fears, of course, justified, but we must not be afraid of what most people think.
Steal my ID
Almost the main thing that most people are afraid of when it comes to chips - "will now follow me." However, RFID-tags is a feature that does not allow to use them for registration of movements. We implant no own battery - electric charge chip receives the incoming radio signal, which has sufficient power to transmit a response. In everyday life, used chips that allow information to be read at a distance of no more than 20 centimeters from the source signal (remember, you are paying for a system PayPass at checkout).
Another threat, a little less groundless - identity theft. Today the whole world is concerned about the growing number of scams that can steal remotely human identification number and use it for their own purposes. "Anyone can come up to me on the subway and read anything. That's not cool, "- says IT-expert, Ericsson Stanislav Kupriyanov, who I put in his arm implant with NFC-tag.
RFID-chips are really vulnerable and amenable to hacking, although some companies are improvingIt created a protected RFID-chip that will make it impossible to "identity theft" their safety. Today, they protect the chips from the most common types of hacking, could allow an attacker to get the keys Encryption - for example, from side-channel attack (side-channel attack) and worked properly supply (power glitch attack). However, implants are still mostly remain vulnerable. Of course, to steal a person's identity is not so simple: it is necessary to know exactly where the RFID-tag, and figure out how to bring it to the device, allowing to carry out the necessary manipulations.
Furthermore, purely hypothetically, the chip can be turned into a carrier virus program. Such an experiment conducted at the University of Reading researcher (UK) Mark Gasson, Which showed that the implant is able to carry only one kilobyte of information, it is still vulnerable to malware.
In 2009, he implanted a cybernetic hand glass mark and used it to enter the university building. A year later, the first in April 2010, he demonstratedHuman Enhancement: Could you become infected with a computer virus?Like a computer virus can be transmitted to the label in the information exchange time with the security system. Following this Gasson infectedScientist is first man to be 'infected' by computer virus interacted with several chip devices, including cards of their colleagues. According to him, these results show that in the future such advanced medical devices, including pacemakers and inner ear implants, can become vulnerable to cyber attacks.
There is a separate group of people who are afraid that soon all of us will quietly chipped. Their nightmare looks like this: The patient comes to the doctor to get vaccinated against the flu or Mantoux test, and he, together with the vaccine is administered into the blood imperceptibly small glass capsule. In the very distant future, perhaps this will become a reality, but not today.
First, such a procedure is difficult to carry out unnoticed by the patient, at least until he is conscious. The usual size of the implant - 2 × 12 mm, and its introduction will require longer thin needle, and a decent catheter, such an injection can hardly be called ordinary. Secondly, after the introduction of the capsule under the skin remains visible, and people affected by chipping, easily detect it.
The final argument against mass chipizatsiya: it is rather expensive. Given the fact that the RFID-tag does not allow to follow the person or otherwise use it remotely (for example, to calculate the offender in the crowd), the state is the use of such an event questionable.