"The news that YY founder Li Xueling recently shared in his circle of friends about the implantation of a chip in his arm has attracted widespread attention. Although the final truth is that Li Xueling implanted only a monitor of physical indicators, the topic of chip implantation into the human body has attracted renewed attention.
Although chip implantation is not new in concept, many people may still think that it is far from large-scale application among ordinary people, but in fact, chip implantation is widely popular among ordinary people in some foreign countries and regions, which leads to great controversy.
In the Nordic country of Sweden, more than 4000 Swedes can unlock the door of the office building, board the train, enter the concert hall, or exchange personal social information by touching each other's mobile phone just by using their index finger. All this is thanks to a micro chip the size of a grain of rice implanted in their fingers.
The cost of chip implantation is not high, only about 140 euros. Some Swedish companies even provide the chip implantation service to their employees free of charge. Due to the great convenience brought by chip implantation to daily life, Swedes are competing to participate in the "early taste". Biohax international, the company responsible for the chip R & D, said that the current supply has been far from keeping up with the market demand.
Biohax international was founded five years ago. Jowan Osterlund, the founder, used to be a human body tattooer. According to the introduction of the company's website, the technology of its chip itself is not mysterious and complex. It uses near field communication. At present, this technology has been widely used in credit cards, smart phones, access control systems, etc, The microchip using NFC technology with the same technical specifications can realize the verification and exchange of near-field contact free data information.
(the appearance of the syringe implanted with the chip is very similar to that of an ordinary medical syringe)
The process of chip implantation itself is also very convenient, similar to the process of vaccine injection. Osterlund introduced that the process "takes only two minutes", and the security is "safer than threading, just like taking blood in the hospital". After the implantation, users only need to personalize the chip information through relevant NFC applications on their personal smart phones to achieve most functions.
Biohax claims that the chip uses passive communication function, does not contain battery, and does not have any tracking device or GPS positioning function. In other words, the chip is inactive for the rest of the time except that the user actively triggers the exchange of data with other information terminals.
The application of this new technology, which is widely popular in Sweden, has caused a lot of controversy in the United States. Last year, a company in Wisconsin said it would provide chip implantation for its 50 employees, and the functions that the chip using radio frequency technology can achieve are also similar to biohax: opening the door lock, paying for the beverage machine, logging into the company's computer, etc.
Within the company, this initiative has been supported and welcomed by most employees. Employees have the right to freely choose whether to implant chips or bracelets. However, outside the company, this scheme has been criticized by many people who believe that it violates personal privacy, In this way, the company can better monitor the activities and behaviors of employees within the company. In this regard, the company claims that the chip itself does not have any tracking function and no GPS chip, and emphasizes that the chip device was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 13 years ago.
Whether in Sweden or the United States, the primary problem that cannot be avoided when the chip is implanted into the human body is the protection of personal privacy. The controversy focuses on the risk of stealing the personal information stored on the chip, but supporters believe that the use of the chip itself is actually not fundamentally different from the smart phones widely used by people, The risk of chip information disclosure is the same as that of personal mobile phone information disclosure. Since people can accept the use of smart phones, why are they more worried about the safety of chips implanted into the body?
(a Swedish with an implanted chip is opening the door of the office)
There are also many special reasons why Sweden became the first country where chip implantation was widely popular and applied on a large scale. As a country with a population of less than 10 million by the end of 2017, Sweden, which is located in the corner of northern Europe, has always been famous for embracing new technologies. Many famous technology companies, such as Skype and spotify, come from there, which is inseparable from the Swedish government's support and promotion of the technology industry. As early as the 1990s, the Swedish government invested heavily in Internet infrastructure, Sweden is one of the first countries in the world to contact and widely use the Internet.
Under the condition of complete Internet infrastructure, Sweden has quickly entered the "cashless era" in recent years. According to the survey and statistics of research institutions, only one of the average four people in Sweden uses cash at least once a week. According to the data of Riksbank, the proportion of cash transactions in Swedish retail industry in all transaction modes has decreased from 40% in 2010 to less than 15% at present.
In addition, Swedes are open to personal information. They can easily find Swedes' mobile phone numbers on the Internet, and Swedes' income can also be easily obtained by calling the tax department.
It can be seen that the popularity of chip implantation in Sweden is not achieved overnight, but determined by the special Internet environment in Sweden. People here have long been used to the digitization of personal information, paperless currency transactions and the exchange of personal information in the digital world, Therefore, it is natural that the chip implantation that only changes the mode of digital exchange is widely popular in Sweden.
Although it is highly accepted by the general public, the issue of chip implantation is still very new in Sweden. There are no national laws and regulations regulating this field. Ben libberton, a British scientist based in Sweden, pointed out that as a legislator, we should pay close attention to the development trend of this field.
"Although what is happening now looks very safe, once it is applied to other fields, or chips completely replace other personal information exchange methods in the future, there will be great potential problems." Libberton said.
At present, the functions that biohax chip can realize are relatively simple, and the stored personal information is also very limited. However, if it is expanded to more sensitive personal information such as personal health data, financial data and even GPS positioning in the future, the problem of privacy protection will become more prominent.
But looking back at the development stage of the Internet, we can see such a trend: from personal computers in the past to smart phones today,
The data terminal is getting closer and closer to people, and the saying that "mobile phone is the extension of human organs" is also widely accepted. The "zero distance" personal data terminal with chip implantation may become the final form of this trend. We have seen this scene in countless science fiction works, and perhaps it is no longer far from the realization of all this.
Original address: https://www.eeboard.com/news/xinpian-67/
Search aiban.com and pay more attention. You can master the latest development board, intelligent hardware, open source hardware, activities and other information every day. Recommend attention!
[wechat scanning can be followed directly]“
Our other product:
