RFID implants - technology going too far? Cybergeeks gone to far, or the future now?
taken from Amal’s RFID implant page
“Amal has two RFID implants, one in each hand. His left hand contains a 3mm by 13mm EM4102 glass RFID tag that was implanted by a cosmetic surgeon using a scalpel to make a very small cut, into which the implant was placed. His right hand contains a 2mm by 12mm Philips HITAG 2048 S implant with crypto-security features and 255 bytes of read/write memory storage space. It was implanted by a family doctor using an Avid injector kit like the ones used on pets. He can access his front door, car door, and log into his computer using his implants, and has written a book called RFID Toys, which details how to build these and other RFID enabled projects.”
“RFID is like any other kind of identifying technology… it can be used for either purpose. The reason why RFID is in the hot seat right now is that, unlike barcodes, it can be read without line-of-sight, and be read from a distance.
The main concern right now is that the distance can be quite large depending on what technology is used, and the person does not know they are being identified. So obviously, privacy violations would depend on how RFID was being used to ID people, and who had access to that data.”
check out these pictures of an obvious proponent of RFID’s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28129213@N00/sets/181299
Look for RFIDs at a future near you….
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