A Chip in Your Shoulder: Tech Is Ready to Get under Your Skin

Near-field communication, or NFC, is the contactless payment technique in smartphones that Walletmor employs.

Other payment implants use radio-frequency identification (RFID), a technology that is similar to that used in contactless debit and credit cards.

However, while having such a chip inside the human body may sound interesting but a 2021 survey, conducted across the United Kingdon and European Union, has revealed that respondents’ top concerns remained invasiveness and security.

The concern with such chips is whether they will grow ever more advanced in the future and be filled with a person’s private data. And, as a result, whether or not this information is secure, and whether a person may be followed.

As reported, an expert, Theodora Lau, told BBC that such payment chips placed in the body are simply an extension of the internet of things—she was referring to a new manner of connecting and exchanging data.

However, she claimed that although many people like the notion since it would make paying for products faster and easier, the benefits must be balanced against the risks—especially as integrated processors become increasingly capable of storing our personal data.