Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong: Swedish Company Implants Microchips in Staff

A Swedish company is offering workers to have an RFID microchip implanted under their skin instead of using an ID card.
Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong: Swedish Company Implants Microchips in Staff
A YouTube screenshot shows the process of implanting an RFID microchip in a man's hand. YouTube channel: Andy Greenberg/ Screenshot
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A Swedish company is offering workers to have an RFID microchip implanted under their skin instead of using an ID card.

The chip is about the size of a grain of sand, according to the BBC, and is placed in the hands of employees should they request it. Like an ID card, the chip allows access to doors, use the photo-copier, and other work services.

The company offering the chip is Epicenter, a high-tech company in Stockholm. The firm hopes that the some 700 employees at the workplace uses the chip, according to the report.

The chips store personal security information that can be transmitted over short distances.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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