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Computer chips get under skin of enthusiasts
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| January 6, 2006
| Jamie McGeever
Posted on 01/07/2006 3:25:02 AM PST by AntiGuv
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Wary of privacy issues, Sklar said he is developing a fabric "shield" to protect such chips from being read by strangers seeking to steal personal information or identities.
I'm curious to know how an RFID implant could be designed or "shielded" so that it cannot be accessed by an unauthorized intruder. It seems to me that if the devices it's meant to communicate with can read it, then it's transmitting a signal that can be read by any interloper with a compatible receiver.
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01/07/2006 3:25:05 AM PST
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:25:29 AM PST
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AntiGuv
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To: AntiGuv
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:32:26 AM PST
by
marvlus
To: AntiGuv
With a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, opens his front door. With another, he logs onto his computer. Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips inserted into Graafstra's hands make it all possible. "I just don't want to be without access to the things that I need to get access toso how did he manage to open his door before computer chips
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:36:02 AM PST
by
Gone_Postal
(government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take it away)
To: AntiGuv
I'm curious to know how an RFID implant could be designed or "shielded" so that it cannot be accessed by an unauthorized intruder.RFID blocking wallets or in this guy's case RFID blocking gloves. I never thought I'd actually have to wear a tin foil hat.
To: AntiGuv
And the Art Bell schedule for the next two weeks is set as the Number of the Beast callers queue up.
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posted on
01/07/2006 3:57:09 AM PST
by
tlb
To: AntiGuv
I'd rather have someone steal my credit card than my hand...
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:07:34 AM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: AntiGuv
"I'm curious to know how an RFID implant could be designed or "shielded" "
All I can figure is this is a peice of fabric worn on the hand, as: incorporated into a glove. To use the chip,take off the glove. No dumber than putting it in in the 1st place, in my opnion.
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:15:15 AM PST
by
strategofr
(Hillary stole 1000+ secret FBI files on DC movers & shakers, Hillary's Secret War, Poe, p. xiv)
To: AntiGuv
Seems to me a fingerprint reader (as low as $40.00) and a good password would be much safer.....
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:24:10 AM PST
by
logic
("All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing......")
To: strategofr
Actually, it's in the flesh.
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posted on
01/07/2006 4:37:12 AM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
I'm getting mine implanted in my hand and forehead. It's the latest 666 model and it's a h*ll of a device.
/sarc.
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:16:14 AM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I looked in my rearview mirror.)
To: strategofr
No need to take the whole glove off. Just use a shooting glove. OF course, you end of looking like Jacko using this technology.
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posted on
01/07/2006 5:29:18 AM PST
by
opticks
To: AntiGuv
"In the worst case scenario, if I'm in the alley naked, I want to still be able to get in (my house)," Graafstra said in an interview in New York, where he is promoting the technology. "RFID is for me." "
What I want to know is why he is naked in an alley. Wait a minute ... on second thought I don't want to know :-)
To: AntiGuv
Maybe a kind of glove that needs to be removed for the chip to be used?
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:07:37 AM PST
by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: AntiGuv
Accept this form of ID in any way shape or form and the Pandora's box will open and never close.
I will resist any kind of advance towards this insideous threat, which is exactly what it is. The potential abuses of this are scary to even think of....especially from a Hillary type of government at any level, local, state or especially Federal.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:16:07 AM PST
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: AntiGuv
An RFID tag should be inserted in every visitor to the US. That would keep tabs on them every time they passed a scanner.
Lose it, deported instantly.
Overstay, deported instantly.
Don't have one, deported instantly.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:19:04 AM PST
by
CPOSharky
(Taxation WITH representation kinda sucks too.)
To: AntiGuv
It seems to me that if the devices it's meant to communicate with can read it, then it's transmitting a signal that can be read by any interloper with a compatible receiver. Right...so if you need to keep your "shield" with you at all times to prevent unauthorized interception of your private data, why would it not be easier just to keep the private data on an already shielded card (or bracelet or ring, if he/she/it is afraid of losing it or being outside naked without it)? It could be activated when needed by removing the shield, not vice versa.
Seems like the "not needed" time would be far greater than the "needed" time, leading to worries about constant transmission of personal data over radio waves when the need to have such information actually transmitted is a very small fraction of time (compared with 24/7 transmission of an implant).
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:26:09 AM PST
by
shezza
(34 days)
To: ICE-FLYER
There is no conceivable circumstance whatsoever that I would even remotely consent to having an RFID implant or anything similar.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:28:54 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
Sklar's girlfriend, Wendy Tremayne, has yet to be convinced. She said she probably would not inject the computer chip into her body unless she thought it was a "necessity." Oh, but it ~will~ be, Miss Tremayne. I've read the book. ;-)
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01/07/2006 6:32:10 AM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: section9
Step close to the world of Ghost in the shell PING!
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:44:03 AM PST
by
Wiz
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