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| Mark of the beast? VeriChip show in the picture |
VeriChip is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved human-implantable radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip. It is marketed by VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, and it received United States FDA approval in 2004. About twice the length of a dime, the device is typically implanted between the shoulder and elbow area of an individual’s right arm.Once scanned at the proper frequency, the VeriChip responds with a unique 16 digit number which could be then linked with information about the user held on a database for identity verification, medical records access and other uses. The insertion procedure is performed under local anesthetic in a physician's office. As an implanted device used for identification by a third party, it has generated controversy and debate. Destron Fearing, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, initially developed the technology for the VeriChip
Privacy advocates have protested the VeriChip, warning of potential abuse and claiming that use by governments could lead to an increased loss of civil liberties and would lend itself too easily to abuse. One special case of this abuse would be in the microchip's secondary function as a tracking device. There is also the possibility that the chip's information will be available to those other than governments, such as private business, thus giving employers highly personal information about employees.
Some religious activists, including Mark Dice, the author of a book titled "The Resistance Manifesto", make a link between the VeriChip and the Biblical Mark of the Beast. Gary Wohlscheid, president of These Last Days Ministries, has argued that "Out of all the technologies with potential to be the mark of the beast, the VeriChip has got the best possibility right now". Katherine Albrecht of CASPIAN and author of "The Spychips Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic Surveillance" notes that "There are many ways in which current versions of RFID devices like the VeriChip implant do not match the description of the mark of the beast in Revelation." Learn more about your government power your mind. MadOne
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