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The chip measures the level of glucose in the body using a “probe.” Image: AP / Abbott Laboratories
“Gates whore”: diabetic is molested by conspiracy theorists to measure chip
A diabetic from Germany had a drastic experience in a supermarket. Due to her measuring chip, the young men insulted the woman as a “Gates whore.”
Ute Kretschmer-Risché, that’s the name of the affected person, wears a microchip due to her illness, which measures her blood glucose levels and then uses an app to tell her if and when an insulin injection is necessary. At a supermarket checkout, she measured her blood level using the app, she writes on Facebook. Then she heard a voice from behind. “That’s one of those,” he muttered. As a result, three young men allegedly pushed a shopping cart on her buttocks. At first I didn’t know what was going on, reports Kretschmer-Risché. Soon after, the men were sexually abused.
“What a shame!” Said one. Stunned and incomprehensible by what was happening, she asked what the men meant. Then it started: the men insulted her as a “Gates whore” and said her chip was “the devil.”
You did not know how to react. All he could say was, “Are you stupid?” But that didn’t help. He quickly did the shopping and fled the supermarket. What remained were questions. “I’m still pondering: how could I have reacted better. What is happening in them? And how nice that it is cooler and my clothes cover my chip ”, Kretschmer-Risché writes in his Facebook post.
The reactions
Other Facebook users are shocked. “What happened to you is terrible,” writes one user. “Find the behavior of these people more than questionable,” writes another.
But many suggestions were received on how the affected person may have reacted to the incident. One user wrote: “You could have said: I can calm you down. The chip works with Windows 98. “Or:” I would have said: Yes, my chip secretly takes pictures of you and sends them to Bill. Look what happens to you tomorrow. “
The chip is allowed by data protection law
The chip is a “FreeStyle Libre” chip. These are applied to the upper arm of those affected to continuously record glucose values. Values are recorded by briefly scanning the sensor with a special reader or using a smartphone app, which is available for Android and iOS systems.
There were also criticisms of data protection. However, when used with a reader, no data is passed on to third parties. But this is not the case with the application: there, the data would be transmitted anonymously. “According to the manufacturer, the conditions for this are allowed by the data protection law,” says the German health insurance company “AOK Plus”.
An information sheet from the app manufacturer explains what personal data it stores. This includes data related to the health of the measurement, but also the user’s profile data and information about their mobile device. The data would be encrypted and used in an aggregate and non-personal way, it is said. For example, for product development, data analysis, and for statistical and research purposes. (cki)
