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Thousands of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin (npr.org)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: In Sweden, a country rich with technological advancement, thousands have had microchips inserted into their hands. The chips are designed to speed up users' daily routines and make their lives more convenient -- accessing their homes, offices and gyms is as easy as swiping their hands against digital readers. They also can be used to store emergency contact details, social media profiles or e-tickets for events and rail journeys within Sweden. Proponents of the tiny chips say they're safe and largely protected from hacking, but one scientist is raising privacy concerns around the kind of personal health data that might be stored on the devices.
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. After spending the past two years working full time on the project, he is currently developing training materials so he can hire Swedish doctors and nurses to help take on some of his heavy workload.
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. After spending the past two years working full time on the project, he is currently developing training materials so he can hire Swedish doctors and nurses to help take on some of his heavy workload.
Why not wear a chipped ring instead? That way you can change your ID if it gets compromised and no knives are involved.
The Daddy casts sleep on the Baby. The Baby resists!
Thieves are dumb, so you can't rule this out. But think about it: a guy has his thumb chopped off and the guy who has his thumb possesses a completely unique piece of evidence that ties him alone to the crime. Further, this thumb is useless unless he actually USES it. It's an electronic ID chip, so he immediately subjects himself to an absolutely known time and location with every swipe.
Yeah, that thief will be very hard to catch.
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Bad enough we have so much crap, face ID, chip cards and all this other crap. It's just more conditioning, so in the years/decades to follow people become even more accepting to this crap. "it's for your safety, for your convenience" Load of BS. It more for tracking, data mining and all other crap. Eventually they will load these with a death dart, and at some point when you are no longer good to "the state" they can just cut you down.
Basically rampant Feminism and Stupid Juvenile Whiners such as Sweden's Feminizing Boys with Genderless Schools
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"When you don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything."
In being the "IT country doctor" in a high-end retirement area, everyone's biggest IT problem I encounter here is keeping track of passwords. If an implanted read-only chip full of large random numbers were offered as an alternative to the whole password mess, 95% of this town would be on it like stink on skunk. No more lists of passwords in spidery handwriting taped onto monitors, no more having to come up with online identifiers cobbled up to satisfy increasingly arcane security rules and then forgotten. To log onto anything from your system, just place the palm of your hand on a USB-connected reader and the app, operating system or website would use the I'th random number on the chip as your password.
For our seasoned citizens, an authentication chip would be the greatest thing since Medicare.
Early manuscripts tend to point to a copying error and indicate the original text as having 616 instead of 666, probably blowing your Nero theory.
Regardless, Revelation had both historical and prophetical implications. You can't study Revelation by itself. You need to throw in Daniel, several of the minor prophets of the Old Testament, and some of Christ's teachings and comments if you want to try to understand the end time prophetical implications of the text.
While the Swedish actions don't fall into the mark of the beast territory, getting people used to this technology will make it easier for the anti Christ to implement when he comes to power. It's pretty clear that he won't be 100% successful, but those who resist will pay a high price.
So that's what happened IN the country, but what happened TO the country? As far as I can see nothing happened TO that country and they are doing just fine.
By the way complaining about genderless schools is something best left to those who aren't dominating local political stories with endless debates about who is allowed to use which restroom because everyone will sexually violate everyone else.
I had my friend (registered nurse) implant an RFID chip about 5 years ago in my hand. Since then, I have wired the doors on my house, garage, vehicles and safe with chip scanners.
It is incredibly convenient to have this chip. I use it daily. Saves me time. And the geeky cool factor hasn't waned.
Two unique stories about my chip:
1. It was a unique conversation with my sister, who is my executor, to explain that the chip will need to be dug out of my hand to get to my will.
2. The admin assistant at my office overheard me talking about my chip, and I had to spend 15 minutes calming her down and explaining that I am not the Beast, and have no plans to enslave the world's population.