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The internet can be horrible, and it isn't weird to sometimes feel like you want to leave. But there's wasn't an easy way out, until now. 
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Early this year the staff at Epicenter, a Stockholm based high-tech company, were given a choice; they could either be issued a standard employee ID card for access to the building and office equipment, or they could be injected with a tiny radio frequency identification device, placed just under the skin of their hand – otherwise known as a subcutaneous implant. Surprisingly, a number chose the chip, on the promise that with a wave of their hand they would be able to access the building, open doors, operate photocopiers and even pay for lunch in the company cafeteria. No ID cards to forget at home or passwords to remember. In fact, the Epicenter case is hardly the first experiment of its kind. Going back as far as 2004, Barcelona nightclub owner Conrad Chase offered RFID chipping to his VIP clients enabling access to special lounges and payment capability. Via André Bélanger, Farid Mheir
Farid Mheir's insight:
I knew they did this for dogs but never thought they did it for humans. But come to think of it, makes perfect sense. Or it will become the biggest invasion of privacy ever.
Farid Mheir's curator insight,
November 11, 2015 7:50 PM
I knew they did this for dogs but never thought they did it for humans. But come to think of it, makes perfect sense. Or it will become the biggest invasion of privacy ever. Great insight from André! 
Luigi Cappel's comment,
November 21, 2015 2:25 PM
For me it would depend on what part of the world I live in. In New Zealand I would have no problem wearing a chip that I could use for ID for building access, customs, instead of passwords or finger scanners. Being a law abiding citizen in a relatively corruption free country, I'd be more than happy, providing as per the law, I knew how any information about me was being used and could revoke access where it was abused. If I was living in other countries, which may remain nameless, I would steer well clear, because being innocent and law abiding doesn't mean that you are safe.
Farid Mheir's comment,
November 21, 2015 5:33 PM
@Russell R. Roberts, Jr. @Luigi Cappel both of you thank you for insightful comments and reshare... as always!
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The time-worn narrative is that technology disconnects us from the here and now, fosters addictive behavior, and makes us kind of stupid. The real story, groun…
Farid Mheir's insight:
start at slide 42 to find out how to bring happiness to your web site.
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As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business.
Farid Mheir's insight:
If you don't know what behavioral tracking is about, this may be an "awakening" video: be prepared.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT I've been following the Firefox "collusion" add-on since its inception (it is now called "lightbeam" and you can find it here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/). I use it on a regular basis to remember the digital breadcrumbs I leave behind as I roam around on the Internet. Unfortunately, the lightbeam software add-on can only help by blocking the digital ads that track us and cannot minimize the behavioral tracking itself.
On this Data Privacy Day 2017, we must use this opportunity to raise our knowledge of the digital tracking that occurs in both the virtual world and the physical world. It is now a reality that we are being tracked as much in the physical world because we carry in our pockets smartphones that track our every moves - literally. Be aware, and be careful.
Farid Mheir's curator insight,
September 14, 2013 12:02 PM
I've been following collusion addon since its inception and I use it on a regular basis to remember all the digital breadcrums I leave behind as I roam around on the Internet. This is an awakening video but unfortunately the collusion software fail to offer us paths to minimize what behavioural tracking - aside from blocking all ads. |
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The web never forgets. This new site offers ways to remove some traces of your digital life. Useful.