Swedes are getting implants in their hands to replace cash, credit cards
By Lee Brown
July 14, 2019 | 11:13pm | Updated
A man receives his implanted microchip in Stockholm, Sweden.
AFP/Getty Images
Thousands of people in Sweden are having futuristic microchips implanted into their skin to carry out everyday activities and replace credit cards and cash.
More than 4,000 people have already had the sci-fi-ish chips, about the size of a grain of rice, inserted into their hands — with the pioneers predicting millions will soon join them as they hope to take it global. “It’s very ‘Black Mirror,’” Swedish scientist Ben Libberton told The Post of the similarity to the TV series highlighting futuristic scenarios.
Like glorified smartwatches, the chips help Swedes monitor their health and even replace keycards to allow them to enter offices and buildings. They have particularly caught on, however, by enabling owners to pay in stores with a simple swipe of the hand, a big deal in a forward-looking country that is moving toward eliminating cash.
The microchips were pioneered by former body piercer Jowan Österlund, who calls the technology a “moonshot” — and who told Fortune magazine that he’s been hit up by hopeful investors “on every continent except Antarctica.”
“Tech will move into the body,” the Biohax International founder told the mag. “I am sure of that.”
Österlund insists the technology is safe — but that has not stopped alarm bells from ringing, with some fearing a link to a doubling in cybercrime in the country over the last decade.
Libberton, a British scientist based in Sweden, praised the “definitely exciting” potential health benefits of accurate health metrics taken from inside the body.
“Think if the Apple Watch could measure things like blood glucose,” he told The Post.
But he also fears the mass of highly personalized data and how it could be used.
“The problem is, who owns this data?” he asked. “Do I get a letter from my insurance company saying premiums are going up before I know I’m ill? If I use the chip to buy lunch, go to the gym and go to work, will someone have all of this info about me? Is this stored and is it safe?” Libberton added, “It’s not just about the chip, but integration with other systems and data sharing.”
And he fears Swedes are not giving enough thought to the potential dangers.
“People have shown they’re happy to give up privacy for convenience,” he said. “The chip is very convenient, so could we accept our data being shared very widely before we know the risks?”
The trend coincides with Sweden’s march toward going cashless, with notes and coins making up just 1 percent of Sweden’s economy. At the same time, the country has seen a dramatic decrease in some crimes — with just two bank robberies last year compared to 110 in 2008.
Poster Comment:
The Mark of the Beast has arrived in Sweden. Why has nobody noticed this?
#1: Pinguinite To: BTP Holdings (#0)
It kinda reeks of 666, doesn't it?
Pinguinite posted on 2020-03-27 02:20:10 Reply Private Reply
#2: NeoconsNailed To: BTP Holdings (#0)
But recall plz the infamous Diane Sawyer interview with an entire family in FL that got themselves chipped -- appeared in the 2006 doc AMERICA FROM FREEDOM TO FASCISM ;)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-03-27 02:25:55 Reply Private Reply
#3: BTP Holdings To: Pinguinite (#1)
You bet it does.
I recall something from when I lived in Chicago. There was a building on North Lake Shore Drive. It's address was 666 and it had big numbers on the building that got lit up at night. Now that was weird. :-O
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-27 02:26:31 Reply Private Reply
#4: BTP Holdings To: NeoconsNailed (#2)
I read a story about the old time Swedes when they got in a war with Russia. The old saying of the Swedes was, "On to Moscow." Maybe this has something to do with why Swedish men are so docile now. :-/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Swedish_War_(1788-1790)
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90, known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, Gustav III's War in Finland and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790.
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-27 02:32:06 Reply Private Reply
#5: BTP Holdings To: NeoconsNailed (#2)
So this has been going on since 2006? :-/
www.imdb.com/video/vi901120281? playlistId=tt0772153&ref_=tt_ov_vi
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-27 02:34:06 Reply Private Reply
#6: NeoconsNailed To: BTP Holdings (#4)
The worst of it is that the sheeple still regard the willingness to agonize and die on foreign fields as the ultimate measure of manhood and patriotism. The reason for a given war is no object -- they'll believe anything to slap the cycle back in motion.
People are just crazy wacky loony -- and this situation shows they were from the word go. Hey, I read it in da Bibble
:-s
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-03-27 02:41:49 Reply Private Reply
#7: NeoconsNailed To: BTP Holdings (#5)
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-avg- securebrowser&hsimp=yhs- securebrowser&hspart=avg&p=alex+jones+police+state+documentaries#id= 2&vid=4decdc1d4a25b532ca0c86d2bff91134&action=click
Thank Gaud for people like him and Aaron Russo who've dedicated to sounding the alarm and making it much harder for the fedcommies to move on us all these years.
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-03-27 02:48:57 Reply Private Reply
#8: titorite To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Fuck that bullshit.
titorite posted on 2020-03-27 03:02:21 Reply Private Reply
#9: noone222 To: NeoconsNailed (#6)
Hitler made the same remarks about nations involved in continual wars.
noone222 posted on 2020-03-27 06:02:49 Reply Private Reply
#10: NeoconsNailed To: noone222 (#9)
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-avg- securebrowser&hsimp=yhs- securebrowser&hspart=avg&p=the+greatest+story+never+told+hitler#id=2&vi d=275c64a9e15c6f111ddd5d2e89fbb5b9&action=click
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-03-27 06:19:28 Reply Private Reply
#11: StraitGate To: BTP Holdings (#5)
See ISO 11784:1996 and ISO 11785.
StraitGate posted on 2020-03-27 07:21:07 Reply Private Reply
#12: StraitGate To: BTP Holdings (#0)
www.microchipcentral.com/s hop/
As soon as fedgov decrees it -- to fight terr'ism, or to digitally verify who's been vaccinated against the latest threat du jour à la Bill Gates -- Americans will happily line up to get chipped, and then boast about how close to the front of the line they were.
StraitGate posted on 2020-03-27 07:39:44 Reply Private Reply
#13: Lod To: StraitGate, 4um (#12)
If they can't stop credit card hacking, how can chip hacking be prevented?
Lod posted on 2020-03-27 08:01:32 Reply Private Reply
#14: BTP Holdings To: Lod (#13)
Credit cards have those smart chips in them. No need to swipe them. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-27 10:22:44 Reply Private Reply
#15: BTP Holdings To: StraitGate (#12)
Did you notice the prices on that link? They are all in British Pounds. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-03-27 10:25:49 Reply Private Reply