RFID Implants for Spanish Revelers 382
WWW/X writes "USA Today reports that clubbers in Barcelona are getting drunk and being implanted on site with RFID chips in order to pay their bills without carrying around bulky items such as credit cards. The article states that the implant can go anywhere, however it does not state whether anyone has chosen their forehead." The club's website describes the program (link in spanish).
Re:Barcelona (Score:5, Informative)
Re:what if they leave? (Score:3, Informative)
I've had a shard of fiberglass in my leg for ten years (pole vaulting) and it hasn't come out yet. Sometimes after running two or three miles I can reach down and feel it but other then that I wouldn't even know it was still there.
Alex Jones has something to say... (Score:2, Informative)
Spain Launches Microchip Implantation for VIP Members [twoday.net]
UPDATE April 7, 2004 2:30 PM CST
Note from Alex Jones:
I interviewed Conrad Chase for 30 minutes on my syndicated radio broadcast. He told me that the CEO of VeriChip, Mr. Bolton, had told him that there was a plan to use the VeriChip as a global implantable identity system. I asked him if whether in the future you would have to have a chip to get into the club period, and he said yes.
I said laughingly, that you're not going to be a VIP in the world if you don't have a chip, to which he responded that that was a great slogan that he would start using.
He went on to say that all gun owners should have to have a microchip implanted in their hand to be able to own a gun. He also said that the VeriChip company had told him that the Italian government was preparing to implant all of their government workers. He said that this is a great system that he believes will replace credit cards for buying and selling.
I asked him where he was getting all of these ideas and he said that he had learned all of this from discussions with VeriChip, and that he was aware that the plant making the chips was in Beijing, China.
It doesn't get any more bone-chilling than this. They are going to sell microchips as the ultimate in trendiness.
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Club Director: "The chip will prevail...I believe wholeheartedly in the
chip system."
Violet Jones
Infowars.com
April 7, 2004
Baja Beach Club owner Conrad Chase wanted something unique to identify his VIP patrons. Other clubs had special jewelry or key chains, but he was looking for something special. After brainstorming, he came up with the idea to implant his VIP members with VeriChip's implantable microchip.
Alex has spoken many times over the years about how they would make the chip "fun," and how, by giving it an elite status, an entire generation of young teenagers would soon be arguing with their parents demanding that they let them be implanted so that they can be in the "in" crowd.
The Baja Beach Club and Chase have proved that the trend has started.
When I spoke to Mr. Chase this morning he told me that his implant launch had gotten the international media's attention. He himself was implanted at the media launch of the VIP implant system along with stars from the Spanish version of the TV Show, "Big Brother," (called "Grand Hermano" in Spain).
He also told me that he had been in touch with the VeriChip Corporation and that there were several new developments with their implant system including the Belgian subsidiary of firearm company, FN Herstal, which manufactures Browning and Smith and Wesson firearms, launching a implant-firearm system which would make a firearm functional only to the individual implanted with its corresponding microchip.
"We have a special zone at Baja beach Club where only VIPs are allowed, which has various exclusive services for these members. We are the first discotheque in the world to offer the VIP VeriChip. Using an integrated (imbedded) microchip, our VIPS can identify themselves and pay for their food and drinks without the need for any kind of document (ID)."
Informant: Harlan Girard
Re:Alternatives (Score:2, Informative)
Bingo. [timex.com]
Re:Glass? (Score:5, Informative)
Babelfish... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Glass? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not just privacy issues.. (Score:3, Informative)
Look up public/private key systems.
David
Re:Credit Cardss bulky (Score:2, Informative)
Baja Beach is heaven on earth (Score:3, Informative)
Basically, the theme inside the club is that it's a beach resort. Fake palm trees, fake sand, etc. And the best part? The hosts and hostesses are all super-buff hotties wearing thongs. There's plenty of beefcake for the women and hot flesh for the men -- they literally walk around with only dental floss covering their bodies, selling you drinks on the dance floor. If you're willing to fork over extra money, you get a "body shot" where you drink your drink off the body of the hostess -- although that part grosses me out when you consider who else has licked there. And about every 15 minutes the hosts and hostesses get up on top of the tables and alternate between a male and a female striptease!
What else could a young, horny lad ask for?
Re:Not just privacy issues.. (Score:5, Informative)
Read the link; nobody says it's being USED yet (Score:3, Informative)
Q: Conrad, you think that the VeriChip will have good welcome?
A: If, I know much people with desire to implant it to it. At the moment, almost everybody takes piercings, tattoos or silicone.
They're not doing it yet. They don't know whether anyone will be willing to use it.
Re:Not just privacy issues.. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Not just privacy issues.. (Score:4, Informative)
OK, I went there, and I'm not seeing it... got a specific link? What I see [4verichip.com] is:
No mention of the number changing. I didn't even see where it said that it was a 128-bit number. Surely such a highly-moderated comment was verified by the moderators, right? Oh wait, this is slashdot... never mind.Re:Not just privacy issues.. (Score:2, Informative)
it is a glass capsul that CONTAINS the encryption processor. again, I have to ask, what is with your superiority complex? why do you constantly assume that a company that has been entrusted with a contract will necessarily be scamming their customers?
i don't understand this prejudice. i'm starting to think that i am being trolled. actually go to their site. read it. i don't know why people here want to assume that anyone other than themselves implementing a system would be grossly incompetent. even when given the opportunity to see if that is the case, they refuse to check, because it could turn out that other people are as competent as they are.