RFID Chip Implanted for Data Center Access

This one seems too strange to be true ... but there are numerous reports that Cincinnati video surveillance company CityWatcher.com now requires employees to use Verichip human implantable microchips to enter a secure data center. The story was first reported by SpyChips (a consumer group that opposes the use of RFID), and has since been picked up by The Register, Security Focus and now Slashdot. SpyChips quotes a company IT manager as confirming the use of the chip. Here's a description:

It should be noted that SpyChips' Liz McIntyre and Katherine Albrecht are marketing a book about RFID, and are Christians who oppose implantable RFID chips as the potential "mark of the Beast" from the Bible's book of Revelation. Nonetheless, if the facts are accurate, this is bound to become a hot topic and quickly move discussion of RFID, privacy and employee rights onto the national stage.