But that application also leads us to the potential for abuse, like placing identity information into you or me against our will. Imagine a system in which the chips could be read at some distance, say 20 feet, as a biometric tool for security applications. Yes, this could bar sex offenders from, entering a preschool (assuming we have identified all sex fender), but it's also easy to think of how honest people could get caught in this trap, too. .
No matter where you are, people do not want to be tracked, profiled, watched, or recorded. But as with all new technology, there is good and bad uses of the tracking chip. The ability to track people is intrinsically risky. First of all, technologies for tracking people can repress individuals and even populations. Unlike a mere ID card, however, the ordinary person with an implanted ID cannot escape surveillance. Most people believe that perfect surveillance, even without deliberate abuse, tends to chill political, artistic, and scientific activity. Even when introduced for seemingly "good" purposes, people-tracking technologies create an infrastructure that can enable later repression. But for critics, military use of the implant is not at the top of their list of objections to the new technology. ADS have received complaints from Christians and others who believe the implant could be the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. .
The biometrics VeriChip is the only tools that can enhance personal privacy and still deliver effective solutions in situations that require confirmation of identity. Persons implanted would find it undesirable that information be readily available, to anyone. As quickly as technology for implantation can springs up, evasive techniques can be developed, to counteract its" intentions. For example, one might wear certain clothing to block signals or even have the implant removed. Equipment might be developed which could be held up to the body to decommission the device.
