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'''VeriChip''' is an ] identification product from ], a wholly owned subsidiary of ], a ] corporation. |
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==Overview== |
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VeriChip is a subdermal ] (''Radio Frequency Identification Device'') that has uses in security, financial, emergency identification, and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number that is captured by passing a ] over the VeriChip. |
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The standard location of the microchip is in the ] area between the elbow and the shoulder of the right arm. |
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The insertion procedure is performed under ]. The chip is subdermally inserted, and is afterwards inconspicuous to the naked eye |
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A radio signal passes from the reader, energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then transmits the verification number. This number can subsequently be used to identify the implanted individual by consulting a registry in ], maintained by the ]. |
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In October ], the ] (FDA) ruled that VeriChip is not a regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications but that VeriChip's healthcare information applications are regulated by the FDA. |
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==Controversy== |
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Many of America's Christian leaders have come out against the device, as they consider it may be (or might be the fore-runner to) the ] that will be present during the ] (''see'' ]). |
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However it is not only US Christian groups that have expressed grave concern; the existence and application of the Verichip has troubled many across the world who regard it is a pre-cursor to, or the beginning of a global security and tracking device, perhaps part of a cashless ] or ] type scenario. Privacy advocates, such as ]'s ] have protested the Verichip, labeling all such RFID devices as ]. This in spite of the fact that the Verichip is based on the low frequency RFID technology limiting scanning to a range of 3 feet or less, which makes it impossible to scan on a global basis with a system such as GPS for instance. |
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