ADVERTISEMENTThough still rare, several thousand Swedes have opted to have an electronic implant inserted under the skin in recent years, eliminating the need to remember key fobs, business cards, public transport cards, and recently: vaccine passes. No surveillance toolFor Sjoblad, the Covid pass is just one example of a possible application, which will be a “thing for the winter of 2021-2022”. The Swedish entrepreneur added he has a “strong interest in privacy.”While he acknowledged that many “people see chip implants as a scary technology, as a surveillance technology”, Sjoblad said that instead they should be viewed as a simple ID tag. All implants are voluntary, and if someone were to make them compulsory for prisoners or elderly people in retirement homes, “you will find me on the barricades,” Sjoblad said. “Nobody can force anyone to get a chip implant.”Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 23, 2021 21:49 UTC