Would you get an electronic implant if the technology was perfect?

Well, I do love my accessories, but the chance to go out without a heavy purse full of cash, checks, credit cards and all those little grocery “frequent shopper cards” would be kind of neat. But ONLY if they couldn’t be hacked or used by the government like explained in the last paragraph!

Nevah.

Not this gal.

From a biblical point of view, no just because of what it says about things like this, but I sure can’t say I wouldn’t be tempted.

if, like you say, it was perfect and perfectly secure, then yes, i would. but i still would carry around money. feels so much better.

Sure, sign me up. Technology is nothing to fear, and as for the biblical point of view, the people that wrote the bible had no concept of electronics, so the verses that mention the mark in the hand or head is misinterpreted.

I would assume that cell phones will soon be no bigger than the size of a rice grain, implanted in your cheek, voice activated, and powered by some sort of battery that is recharged by the movement of facial muscles. The Japanese have done something like that with a machine that is powered by the footsteps of pedestrians. To make it work on a smaller scale, powering things by harnessing muscle movements doesn’t seem that much different.

Beats having one you have to carry and recharge all the time.

no.

“resistance is futile.”
just as long as it won’t be used against me, sign me up.

Wait. RIFD is in the Bible?

Sign me up, I want the Johnny Mnemonic special, jack right in the base of my skull. Hit me.

As long as I can control what info is on it. Yes to medical info, no to access on my house, etc. I can ansr for my mom, who is not on Fluther or anything else online because of her incredible fear of big brother—she would say NO. She insisted I get my passport renewed before the chip was added. Sometimes I think it was a mistake, ‘cause I kind of want USA to be able to find me I think?

No!

I’m all for it.

et’s assume that… it cannot be used by the government to track or monitor you in any way.

Big assumption, that!

An implant that does all those things? It would be very convenient. But I’d still worry about being tracked, if not by the government, then by big business. I’d want information about my habits to be purged from all private and public databases, except my own, securely encrypted database.

well, i am seriously considering getting a RFID tag ( passive state) in my hand for personal use, such as starting a car or unlocking a door ( very far off, im only 15). the ultimate thing i would do instantly is a cybernetic implant. i know ill never get one, but it would be soo awesome to get the arm that the cook has in the movie treasure planet.

RFIDs may not be very secure. It may be possible to copy them, reprogram them or just blow them away electronically, just walking by you. They are probably subject to viruses the same as computers. I would definitely think twice about using them.

yes, but nobody would really carry around a device that reads RFID tags, and they would need to know what it is for, plus passive state RFID tags need a certain activation signal or they wont respond.

At the beginning of the internet, did anyone imagine that hackers would create malignant computer viruses?

tsk tsk, another person with the wrong idea about the term hacker. the original term was for people who were extremely skilled with computers and technology, and could manipulate them and do things with them that others could not do. now “hackers” who make viruses and damage computers have degraded us, actual hackers. learn your terms right before you start spreading them.

@XOIIO Well, I knew that “hacker” is an honorable term, but I didn’t and still don’t know the term for what I was referring to. I decided to use it anyway, since it got my point across.

Although, people hack iPhones, and xBoxes and all sorts of other stuff, so why not RFIDSs? I think those hacks are considered honorable, since people believe they own a machine once they purchase it. Others might call them theft. So what are the appropriate terms for these behaviors?

true, hacking things such as iphones and xboxes etc. is actual hacking, what i meant by the bad term of hacking is people using their skills in a way to do harm.

No. I would never give away my rights like that. Privacy is lost. Forever.

Is there a term for hackers who cause harm (and therefore aren’t hackers)?

E-tards?

no, there is no official term for bad hachers.

i rather like E-tards.

I don’t like needles. I can’t see being comfortable with an implant of any sort. It would be nice to have one of the RFID chips installed and then I could tell my christian friends that I signed up, early, for the mark of the beast.