Identity Chip
These small, square digital chips store personal identity information, and are known as identity chips. At birth, everyone is given an identity number, a hexadecimal string that’s created by a computer algorithm and their DNA. The chip holds this number sequence. On its own, the chip is only information storage. When plugged into a digital information device, it tells the device who they are. Along with allowing them to access personal files and photos. Their identity is also how they access several things, to include their credits, a digital currency.
More examples of things identity chips are used for:
Automatic door locks - For homes and business, a person can also give automatic entry to friends and family Borrow community solcars and request ride pickup - It will record if they have a license to drive. If not, they can request a solcar or bus as a taxi service. If location services are turned on, or given permission, it will automatically tell the driver where the person is located. As a library card for physical books, or to borrow other things Automatic checkouts and other financial transactions - All vocation stores are carefully arranged with weights and sensors. The store uses the chip to track and charge customers for the items they pick up. There’s no waiting for a checkout. Anyone selling a good or service can quickly accept credit payments from another device as long as they’re given permission. Location services (can be turned off) - There are no satellites, instead they use a microwave system in a carefully laid out grid. This gives them a microwave positioning system that’s similar to GPS. If a person goes hiking and gets lost, this will allow rescue services to find them. A person can also give family or friends permissions to track their location. Building Controls - Some buildings have smart features, like temperature controls, that can be accessed remotely. Permissions can be limited by identity chip. Duty Specific Abilities - Some duties, like maintenance, regulation enforcement, and emergency services, will afford extra abilities to a person’s identity device. As an example: allowing an on-duty emergency responder to go through a locked door where an emergency has been reported.Significance
Every Talithan, when they go through their Choosing Ceremony, is given their identity chip. This is a free and automatic service. The only exception are the children who grow up in the Simmah homeschool community. However, when they’re sixteen, they can visit Identity Services and request their chip. If an identity number wasn’t created for them at birth, it’ll be created then.
A person is considered an adult when they turn eighteen, or they graduate from vocational school, if they’re at least seventeen. At anytime in their life after that they can become chipless.
Most Talithans keep their chip, even if they decide to become an Artisan or self-employed in another way. Ouroboros maintains the chips, to include replacements if one should become lost or damaged. Upon death, a person’s identity number is saved, while their physical chip is destroyed.
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Interesting that they base the id number at least partially on their DNA; is that so that they can identify people with particular genotypes based on their chip number alone?
No, the number is a string of hex numbers and letters that wouldn't really mean anything to someone. It's more about uniqueness. Of course, with identical twins the computer will have to tweak a digit since they can't have the same number. The number is also dependent on availability given that it has to be unique. But, in theory, using the DNA will give them that.