There are non-religious and non-privacy objections to the use of this technology. There are more objections to the use of this technology in this way.
First, this is a piece of technology - presumably one that must take some wireless magnetic signal - that cannot be removed from you, in any circumstances. This has a pile of notable weaknesses, in particular:
a) Human bodies are capable of withstanding EM field intensities that our technology has no hope of holding up to. The moment anybody is exposed to a large amount of EM, *poof*, there goes your chip.
b) People get cut, thrown against walls, fall, etc. What happens if a person gets cut where their chip is? Bye chip.
Second, this is a chip that is installed by some sort of invasion…I would not trust the person in that video to chip me, simply because it does not appear to be sufficiently hygienic. If I would get chipped, I would request that a licensed doctor perform this surgery…It may have actually been illegal for that individual to chip those people in the video, because this appears to be an invasive surgery done with tools that look like they come out of a tattoo parlor…Chipping a person should take a licensed doctor's time, which in and of itself is expensive, and is unlikely worth the convenience and physical security of not ever losing your keycard.
Third, in this particular instance, the chip is installed in the hand, apparently between the thumb and index finger. The chip here appears to be a rigid tube of non-negligible length. This is going to reduce the dexterity of that hand, which is not good for people working in tech. If I was chipping people for this purpose, I would have gone with midway up the forearm instead. This is a nitpick, but it's sort of an important one.
Fourth, the chip is a device that isn't infinitely durable. How is it going to be extracted and replaced when it fails? You have to cut open the hand - or wherever you've put the chip, but in this situation it's the GODDAMN HAND - which is an invasive surgery. We do not want to perform invasive surgeries for such frivolous purposes - any invasive surgery has a chance of complications.
Last, this is less secure technology than the wireless chip card, which is stupidly bad. For the wireless chip card, some asshole can just boop your pocket with a device and steal all your money in a single charge. However, a reasonable person can defend against this by putting their card in a sufficiently thick wallet/EM proof wallet/etc. There is no defense against this for the chip-in-hand technology. Some asshole can just boop your hand and then *poof* all your shekels are gone. There is no way to defend against someone booping your hand.
I oppose the microchip implant for these purposes, and I oppose it for non-privacy and non-religious reasons. Primarily, I view it as an unnecessary strain on our public health system, and I see it as a thing that will cost a non-negligible number of lives due to the performing of a number of fundamentally unnecessary surgeries.
And to reiterate,
DUDE THAT GUY DOING THE CHIPPING ALMOST CERTAINLY WASN'T LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO THAT, I CALL BULLSHIT