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RFID Implants for Spanish Revelers

Posted by michael on from the also,-the-spca-will-return-you-to-your-owner-if-lost dept.

WWW/X writes "USA Today reports that clubbers in Barcelona are getting drunk and being implanted on site with RFID chips in order to pay their bills without carrying around bulky items such as credit cards. The article states that the implant can go anywhere, however it does not state whether anyone has chosen their forehead." The club's website describes the program (link in spanish).

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  1. Credit Cardss bulky by Sammich · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is it just me or is the statement "...bulky items such as credit cards." seem a little odd?

  2. fraud? by Bellyflop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe I don't get it. Do you have to sign a reciept or something after your RFID has been read? Otherwise, what's to stop an unscrupulousbar owner from charging you for all sorts of things during the evening? And if you do sign something, how do they know that they have the right signature? What if I make a fake RFID that has someone else number and just sign for it as usual? Not that most people checked the signatures on credit cards, but at least they have the option of checking...

    Reminds me of that song "Master of the House" from Les Miserables...

  3. Unnecessarily inflammatory submission by goldspider · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "clubbers in Barcelona are getting drunk and being implanted on site with RFID chips"

    Perhaps I have an overactive imagination, but did anyone else picture shady characters going around with Star Trek-esque implant devices sticking unconscious and unsuspecting victims with identity-stealing nanites?

    Ok, no more than 3 cups of coffee for me from now on!

    --
    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
  4. Re:No prob by Westech · · Score: 0, Redundant
    • ???
    • Profit