Yay?
is… is this something companies wanted to do?
If Gov. Bob Ferguson signs the legislation, Washington would become the 14th state to preemptively ban the practice. … “This is a preventive measure, as far as we can tell,” Saldana said Wednesday. “But we do know there are folks choosing to have microchips implanted in other instances. And so, this is just simply protecting employees’ right to protection of their bodies.”
TL;DR: Not yet as far as we know, but that might change if
gets scared
The fourteenth state? I mean, I support this thoroughly, but also wtf?But why are U.S. lawmakers turning their attention to banning this technology, if there is no recorded instance of employers forcing employees to be microchipped in the United States? According to Mississippi State Senator Kevin Blackwell ®, who proposed a state bill to preemptively ban human microchip implants in 2024, although no employers in his state are utilizing this technology, this technology poses a risk to employees’ rights. He said: “Technology today is advancing at a rapid pace and as a legislator we need to be aware of the use and misuse of this [microchip implant] technology.”
Currently 13 U.S. states have passed statutes banning mandatory human microchips: Arkansas, California, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin, Indiana, Alabama, and most recently Mississippi.
Source: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/article/preemptive-bans-human-microchip-implants
So it’s propaganda to make up for all the chat control style shit they’ve been up to
They are all invested in macro-chipping companies.
critical support for the mark of the beast weirdos i guess.
The porks would send all of us to the interminable hell of Buddhism if they got one penny out of it. Hell, they’d probably do it “because I can and the poors are my playthings!”
Some Swedes did it to themselves. I did not make that up - https://hexbear.net/comment/6976129.
Sorry I can’t hire you. Your chip contains a DO NOT COMPETE clause which prevents us from hiring you. Also you tracked gum through your 3rd grade classroom 35 years ago which we find tacky and unsanitary.
The article ends with weirdness.
In 2018, a Swedish company, Biohax, installed approximately 4,000 microchips the size of a grain of rice [into people] that could be used to store emergency contact information, social media profiles or e-tickets. According to NPR, the procedure costs around $180. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2021.
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Ninja edit
I googled and I found an NPR article from 2018.
Around the size of a grain of rice, the chips typically are inserted into the skin just above each user’s thumb, using a syringe similar to that used for giving vaccinations. The procedure costs about $180. So many Swedes are lining up to get the microchips that the country’s main chipping company says it can’t keep up with the number of requests.
More than 4,000 Swedes have adopted the technology, with one company, Biohax International, dominating the market. The chipping firm was started five years ago by Jowan Osterlund, a former professional body piercer.
I have one similar to this, did it voluntarily during my cyberpunk phase in the 2010’s (I was also taking a lot of speed). It’s not nearly as useful as I thought it’d be, but I’m happy to answer any questions about it.
I wonder how it’s different from chipping a cat. Those chips aren’t bigger either and I’m sure you can buy the equipment from a veterinary supplier and go crazy.
Do they have different electronics?
The one I have is NFC. As far as I know the pet ones are slightly different electronics and/or protocols. I.e. I can read mine with my phone, but not my cat’s.
Wouldn’t that mean you can’t get an MRI?
Can we turn this into a culture war issue I wanna see the hogs microchip themselves to own the wokies
