An electronic chip implanted in the hand to replace the employee badge. It is not a science fiction scenario but indeed what has just set up a Belgian company.
Eight of its employees have agreed to receive a chip the size of a grain of rice under their skin that allows them to activate the company’s front door, turn on their computer or exchange their card. visit.
A chip that replaces the access badge
“The idea sprouted after several employees lost their badges. Here the identification is ‘subcutaneous’, you always have it with you!” explained, Tim Pauwels, one of the bosses of the company at RTBF.
This chip costs a hundred euros and contains the personal data of each employee.
Alexis Deswaef, president of the Belgian Human Rights League reacted by believing that there is a real danger there. “From now on we are flicking the employees in the depths of their flesh. We can know at what time the employee started his service, when he took his cigarette break. We will then analyze if he is productive enough?”
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