Редактирование: Microchip implant

A '''Microchip implant''' covers a range of technologies for placing tracking or processing devices into humans. They may be used in a military, corporate or personal context.

Current generation technologies function primarily as a convenience for the user, as the unique identifer transmitted is easy to clone and spoof in a security context.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification#Controversies Wikipedia:Radio-frequency identification#Controversies]</ref>

== Politics ==
[[Grinders]] choose to voluntarily augment their bodies using such technologies and advocate this as an entirely elective procedure.

Some voices such as a [[Zoltan Istvan]] has gone as far as advocating chipping as a solution for managing refugees<ref>[http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/presidential-candidate-suggests-we-microchip-syrian-refugees-7402602 Presidential Candidate Suggests We Microchip Syrian Refugees]</ref> and parents tracking their children.<ref>[https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1292761/us-navy-considers-plans-to-fit-humans-with-microchips-and-track-their-every-move/ Spy nation? US Navy ‘discussed plans to fit humans with microchips and track their every move]</ref>

== In fiction ==
Mandatory chipping is an established [[fascist transhumanism|fascist]] [[dystopia|dystopian]] trope. Whether it's [[The Borg]] in [[Star Trek]] assimilating an individual against their will or an advanced benevolent civilization with 'health chips',<ref>[http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Health_implant Stargate.wikia.com:Health monitor]</ref>, the technology inevitably becomes used for evil.

== External links ==
* {{wikipedia|Microchip implant (human)}}

== References ==

[[Category:Cyborgization]]
[[Category:Emerging technologies]]