Internet of Bodies: The quiet invasion of our flesh and freedom

How your body is the next frontier for data harvesting, tracking and control

By Gary Chappell

THE so-called “Internet of Bodies” – a phrase that sounds like sci-fi fantasy – is already fast becoming a reality. Yet outside tech and health circles, hardly anyone is paying attention to what might be the single most invasive shift in human autonomy and privacy since the dawn of the digital age.

Forget your smartphones and social media profiles, the Internet of Bodies means your actual body is the next frontier for data harvesting, tracking and control. Implanted chips, ingestible sensors, neural interfaces, even ‘smart’ contact lenses that connect directly to the internet. Governments and corporations alike are racing to implant us in their networks, whether it’s “for our health,” “for convenience,” or under the guise of “national security”.

Here’s the stark reality: this isn’t about enhancing lives. It’s about building a perfect infrastructure for constant surveillance and unprecedented control over every individual.

Jeff Merrit, the former head of Internet of Things, Robotics and Smart Cities and current Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, said: “We stand at the beginning of an important public dialogue that will have major implications for public health, safety and the global economy and may also ultimately challenge how we think about our bodies and what it means to be human.”

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