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RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
Summary
A 28-year-old Perth IT professional has become one of the few Australians to have a radio-frequency identification chip implanted in the hand.
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A 28-year-old Perth IT professional has become one of the few Australians to have a radio-frequency identification chip implanted in the hand.
Joe Wooller, technical manager at the Western Australian Internet Association, decided to get the RFID chip implanted into his hand on Wednesday, 16 June, almost two weeks ago. His decision to do so follows former Linux Australia president Jonathan Oxer who did it in 2008.
Currently, he has the chip working with his house front door, but also plans to soon have it working with his motorbike ignition system and car, among other things.
For more on this story, read Perth man opts for microchip implant on ZDNet Australia.
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Tsingi29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
@Tsingi Why is it that every technological advance that's outside the norm gets slapped with the "1984" label? Facebook, Google, and Amazon have more information on everyone than either the government or a chip in someone's arm. I would LOVE to never lock my keys in the car again, and it'd be nice not to have to carry keys or a wallet at all!
dandrproducts29th Jun 2010 -
Because it is...
@dandrproducts why don't you get a number put on your skin so we can identify sheeple from the people who think. Maybe put all the sheeple in social programs. Oh wait that was WWII and the big brother was the nazis.
As for the keys in a locked card, could you be lazier?
Are you foolish enough to believe that people (that includes companies) are inherently good? Because they're not. Non of us are. If we have power we'll abuse it. Give us time.
brantmessenger29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
@dandrproducts
Since you volunteer, then bend over, you are going to get it implanted - right were you deserve it!
fatman6553529th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
@dandrproducts
I totally agree with you. Brantmassenger is a Dumbass for his remarks about suggesting you put a number on your skin to ID "Sheeple". His comparisons to using RFID and what the Nazi's did to the JEWS in WWII shows what a Dumbass he is. Nazi's exterminated people who had certain religous beliefs, not because they "couldn't think".
And if he thinks it isn't possible to lock keys in a car, he must be young and single (go figure why he is single). Kids take keys lying around, and as people age, memory fades even for the best of us. Besides, I don't like having a pocket full of keys for work, home, car, etc. Again, what a Dumbass.
I bet most of the people complaining about cancer risk have a cell phone up to their head a lot. Or consume lots of other suspected cancer causing things. But I guess that isn't a big deal to them.
And I bet those same people shop on-line too. Give all those web-sites more information than is probably contained in a small RFID tag. A tag by the way that has to be close to the reader/scanner to get the information. Not like GPS enabled cell phones or car units that are POWERED and SEND THEIR INFORMATION so the user can be tracked. And I bet someone comes up with a glove that could be worn to block reading the RFID. Simple solution.
larrybell_2000@...29th Jun 2010 -
Human Transponder madness
A worldwide criminal network is known to make use of the human implant technology in order to propagate crime. Although the
network also makes use of conventional crime facilitated revenue streams, the human implant is their main source of revenue.
Crimes such as credit card fraud are committed (by being able to locate the victim); the production of internet porn videos
(with the aid of Rohypnol) and housebreaking (knowing when the victim will not be home) are also common. The suspects use
clubs and bars as a location for injecting these devices, mostly in the stomach area. The criminal plan works to a degree.
However, the implant causes some sort of radiation on the brain, making the victim aware that "something is annoying me", but
not knowing exactly what it is. A great many innocent people are thought to be infected; the number of humans implanted with
this technology might be as many as 100,000 and possibly even more. The radar screen used by the suspects is very simple, at
least. A simple laptop connected to a cellphone with modified software might be all that is required. Using this radar
screen would then come close to a real-life reality video game.
PLEASE EXPOSE THIS STORY
the_general26th Oct 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
@Tsingi, I remember 1984. I had a t-shirt saying BIG BROTHER EAT YOUR HEART OUT. But I don't need an arfid in my arm to be cool.
Scrod30th Jun 2010 -
rfid.eva29th Aug 2010 -
invmgr@...29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
Or just use your head for more than something to hold your hat and remember your keys. I have never locked my keys in a car. Also, dandrproducts, I can walk away from Google and Amazon and no one could track me. Cutting a chip out of my hand is a bigger pain in the ass. I'm amazed that people want this type of thing. We would lock ourselves in cages if it was spun the right way. Christ!
fuguein_d@...29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
The GOVT no longer needs to hide a GPS on your car or motorbike..they will ALWAYS KNOW YOUR EXACT PINPOINT location on this planet !!!! HUMAN GPS
And what are the HEALTH SIDE-EFFECTS of RFID implanted in humans???????? can everyone say CANCER?
jasonemmg29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
@jasonemmg
Do you have a cell phone with GPS ?? They will track you with that. RFID tags are not powered like cell phone GPS units, so not as likely to "track" you.
And I doubt the cancer risks are any greater than say, SMOKING, DRINKING, or any of the multitude of things we use or consume (now birth control products). LIVING is hazardous to our health, and is always fatal.larrybell_2000@...29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
@jasonemmg, whoa, dude, read up. There's no BATTERY in an arfid. It's the size of a grain of rice. They have to get right up there to read it, and then it's just your password or some random ID number. Mine would be IFYOUCANREADTHISUR2CLOSE, for example. I can see the Gestapo running a reader over my butt and saying "whut" already. Oh, and we can all say CANCER but we usually don't.Scrod30th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
V...1984....TERMINATOR MOVIES, ETC....jasonemmg29th Jun 2010 -
RE: RFID implant opens doors for IT pro
It is the beginning of the end of privacy.
onedavester@...29th Jun 2010
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