Technology company microchips staff so they can clock in without IDs – Telegraph.co.uk

Sam Bengtson, a software engineer, said it was pretty much 100 percent yes right from the get-go for me.

Mr Bengston added: In the next five to 10 years, this is going to be something that isnt scoffed at so much, or is more normal. So I like to jump on the bandwagon with these kind of things early, just to say that I have it.

But Melissa Timmins, the companys sales director, was more hesitant.

Because its new, I dont know enough about it yet. Im a little nervous about implanting something into my body.

Privacy experts also raised the alarm and questioned how secure the chip really was.

Alessandro Acquisti, a professor of information technology and public policy at Carnegie Mellon Universitys Heinz College, said that the microchip could be use for something more invasive later on.

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