Letter to the editor about Implantation Technology

[crypton]

Hi! Könnte mir bitte wer meinen Text, oder einzelne Teile des Textes, sofern er zu lang ist, korrigieren? Das wäre super nett, weil das super wichtig für mich ist! Vielen Dank im Voraus Smile



Dear Editor,
I have read the article “When it won´t need a tyranny to deprive us of our freedom” and I think that RFID-chips are very impressive. They are tiny, low-priced, secure and solid. Additonally, they need no power source, there are no technical barriers and there are plenty of legitimate usus. So why has no pupil in our school a RFID-chip implanted?
In the beginning of the classes the attendance check lasts about two minutes. This is not a long time. But if you make a projection on a whole day with seven lessons 14 minutes arises. And in a week this are 70 minutes. With RFID-chips the teachers could check the attendance very fast and easily, so that precious time could be saved.
As regards the habits of pupil, like skipping lessons, one may observe that RFID-chips could deter them. If a pupil is for example in the smokers' porch and not in the class-room, the teacher could detect him easily and punish him suitable. As far as minors are concerned, the parents could be informed.
Incidentally, we must not forget the detection outside of school. Pupils could be located at any time and in so doing the personal freedom is limited.
Over and above all these considerations, RFID-chips can be used in hospitals. Patients, doctors, nurses, expensive and cricital insturments and equipment can be tracked in real time. RFID tags can be attached to the ID bracelets of all patients, or just patiens requiring special attention, for example patients with Alzheimer´s disease.
Apart from that the tag can be read at a distance without the knowledge of the individual, it becomes possible to gather sensitive data about an individual without consent.
Monbiot points out that there are no technical barriers and that the RFID-chips can be injected easily. But the medical risks of any implant are infection, pain and keloid formation at the puncture site.
Furthermore, there are quite a range of nonmedical risks. After the implant, many people would say that the chip carrier has become something like a "Star-Treck Borg" and has lost some of his humanity because he is now a hybrid human/machine. Thus, chip carriers have a risk of being social outcasts.
What conclusions can be drawn from all this?
The inescapable conclusion which emerges from what I have said ist that tagging people results in less privacy and this is why I am against this technology. But it is a personal choice whether or not to be fitted with an RFID device.

[Delfino]

Hi!
Könnte mir bitte jemand meinen Text, oder einzelne Teile des Textes, sofern er zu lang ist, korrigieren?
Das wäre super nett, weil es für mich super wichtig ist!
Vielen Dank im Voraus.


Dear Editor,
I have read the article “When it won't need a tyranny to deprive us of our freedom”, and I think, that the properties of RFID-chips are very impressive.
They are tiny, low-priced, secure(How do you know?) and solid.
Additionally, they need no power source, there are nearly no technical barriers to their application and there are plenty of legitimate uses.

So why hasn't every pupil in our school an implanted RFID-chip?
In the beginning of each lesson the attendance check lasts about two minutes.
This is not a long time.
But if you make a projection on a whole day with seven lessons the result is 14 minutes.
And in a week it is 70 minutes.
With RFID-chips the teachers could easily check the attendance in less time, so that precious time could be saved.
In regard to the habits of pupils to skip lessons, one might locate their RFID-chips and thereby try to deter them from doing it.
If a pupil is not in the class-room but for example on the smokers' porch, the teacher could easily detect him and punish him accordingly.
As far as minors are concerned, the parents could also be informed.
Incidentally, we must not forget the detection outside of school.
Pupils could be located at any time and in so doing the personal freedom is limited.

Additionally to all these considerations, RFID-chips could be used in hospitals.
Then the patients, the doctors, the nurses, all the expensive equipment and the critical instruments could be tracked in real time.
RFID tags could also be attached to the ID bracelets of all patients or just the patients requiring special attention, for example patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Apart from that the tag can be read at a distance without the knowledge of the individual, it becomes possible to gather sensitive data about individuals without their consent.
Monbiot points out that there are no technical barriers and that the RFID-chips can be injected easily.
But there are medical risks of any implant like infection, pain and keloid formation at the puncture site.
Furthermore, there are quite a range of non-medical risks.
After the implant people could say that the chip carrier has become something like a "Star Trek Borg" and has lost some of his humanity because he is now a hybrid human/machine.
Thus, chip carriers have a risk of being social outcasts.

What conclusions can be drawn from all this?
The inescapable conclusion which emerges from what I have said ist that tagging people results in less privacy and this is why I am against this application of the RFID technology.
It should always be a private decision whether or not one is injected with an RFID implant.

The teacher checks if the person is in the classroom.
The technology can only check if a chip is there. -> Every day another person with a bag of chips. We were all there - check the log files.

The teacher can check if a minor is actually smoking or just talking to an older person on the smokers' porch.
The technology can only detect whose chip is there.

The risk is high to be called a sleeper (a future terrorists) if you refuse to get an implant.

Digital log files can be created, edited and erased.


When it won't need a tyranny to deprive us of our freedom by George Monbiot
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... umanrights

German passports with RFID chip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_pas ... ertificate

Reisen mit dem ePass: Sicherer für die Passkontrolle – unsicherer für die Bürger
http://www.datenschutz.de/news/alle/detail/?nid=1974

[Duckduck (Contributor)]

Hallo crypton,

bitte nimm für die Zukunft zur Kenntnis, dass in diesem Forum Cross Postings nicht erlaubt sind. Lies bitte die Regeln und beachte sie, ja!?

Grüße
Duckduck

[crypton]

Das werde ich in Zukunft machen!
Vielen, vielen Dank für die Verbesserung, da waren ja wirklich noch einige Fehler drin! Toll, dass es noch Menschen gibt, die andern freiwillig helfen