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Hand implant allows people to pay with chip

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April 18, 2022, 06:10 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Hand implant allows people to pay with chip
Great idea. What could possibly go wrong?

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The future is here. Those tired of taking out their wallet or phone to pay for things could soon skip that step entirely, thanks to a new implantable payment chip.

The British-Polish company Walletmor has created a microchip that can be implanted inside a person’s hand and used as one would tap a credit card for payment. The technology is only currently allowed to be sold in the European Union and the U.K.

“The implant can be used to pay for a drink on the beach in Rio, a coffee in New York, a haircut in Paris – or at your local grocery store,” founder and chief executive Wojtek Paprota told the BBC. “It can be used wherever contactless payments are accepted.”

The company said it’s the first to sell these kinds of chips to willing customers, unleashing its biopolymer technology about the size of a small safety pin on the world last year. The cost is around $300.

But just how many people are all right with the idea of having essentially a credit card placed in their body? Walletmor said in a press release that so far at least 200 people have purchased its technology.

According to a 2021 survey, which talked to 4,000 people across Europe, nearly 51% said they would consider an implant of some type, yet security issues reportedly remained a concern for some.

Walletmor explained their chips use near-field communication or NFC, the same system smartphones use for contactless payments, and that they cannot be read until they’re in close contact with a payment reader device. The company said the chip does not include a battery nor does it make radio waves on its own.

LINK: https://wgntv.com/news/hand-im...le-to-pay-with-chip/
April 18, 2022, 06:27 PM
sigmonkey
Fine until someone figures out how to make a charge against one of these chips without the "users" interaction.

Then, meet the new pickpocket.




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April 18, 2022, 06:30 PM
parabellum
People who try to implement shit like this should be jailed.
April 18, 2022, 06:36 PM
VANQUISH
Not enough people read the Bible.

Is it model #666?
April 18, 2022, 06:37 PM
Johnny 3eagles
I'm surprised the price wasn't Euro 666.





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April 18, 2022, 06:41 PM
PowerSurge
Yeah, that Bible’s full of bull, isn’t it.

Revelation 13:16,17:

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark…

Someday it won’t be for ‘convenience’, it will be mandated.


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April 18, 2022, 06:45 PM
the_sandman_454
And to think I don't even really like the wireless chips in my cards I can secure inside an RFID blocking wallet. I would really not like an implanted chip I had no way to protect. I guess I would have to get an RFID blocking glove made and just wear that everywhere.

The various payment methods on electronic devices are OK, at least you can turn that off and have to enter a code to unlock the capability.

This is an extremely poorly thought out idea.


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April 18, 2022, 06:52 PM
SIG4EVA
Completely absurd anyone would "willingly" accept or want this. Biblically, its foretold. Practically, what's to prevent someone from taking that chip right out of your hand or even scanning it like they do chip cards already and stealing the #?


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April 18, 2022, 07:04 PM
Muddflap
Yo bartender, I'd like to pay my tab.


April 18, 2022, 07:06 PM
PASig
No Mark of The Beast for me! Eek

I think all these draconian vaccine mandates have hurt any idea like this badly. Good.


April 18, 2022, 07:30 PM
gearhounds





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April 18, 2022, 07:36 PM
wcb6092
And one day it will be merged with medical information like covid shots/passports etc. See how all the insanity has a purpose.


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April 18, 2022, 08:19 PM
Leemur
I’m not exactly religious. That said, not today Satan.
April 18, 2022, 08:24 PM
Tirod
quote:
Originally posted by PowerSurge:
Yeah, that Bible’s full of bull, isn’t it.

Revelation 13:16,17:

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark…

Someday it won’t be for ‘convenience’, it will be mandated.


Challenge accepted. There are a surprisingly large number who will not submit. Check who isn't vaxxed. Many drew the line right there.

Mandated? Masks on planes just got ruled illegal by a FL judge. Illegal mandates weren't respected, anyway.

If we are going to support the full intent of the 2A, time to stand up against a dystopian future where the bad guys win. Cause, it's just one of two possible results.

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April 18, 2022, 08:37 PM
Rey HRH
This started back in 2017 with a Swedish company using RFID implants as company badges to unlock doors and log on computers.

https://www.theatlantic.com/te...he-microchip/570946/

And I do expect it to be a mandatory rollout in the future. Rome wasn’t built in a day but the progress on this will be faster. Wasn’t it only yesterday we allowed trans people to use whichever bathroom they prefer? And today, the country is divided over teaching third graders they can be any sex they feel like.



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April 18, 2022, 08:51 PM
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April 18, 2022, 08:59 PM
bigdeal
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
What could possibly go wrong?



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April 18, 2022, 09:04 PM
signewt
[quote....]it will be mandated....[/quote]

a little fuller version I saw somewhere:

"That which isn't prohibited shall be mandated".....
April 18, 2022, 09:08 PM
Gustofer
I'll pass.


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April 18, 2022, 09:19 PM
nhtagmember
Anyone that wants to implant a chip in me will have to get beyond me trying to implant lead into them.

No how.

No way.