Why One Man Got a Guerrilla RFID Implant

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Why One Man Got a Guerrilla RFID Implant

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @07:23AM from the better-than-letting-someone-else-choose-it dept.

Shannon writes "One of my writers just did an interview with Amal Graafstra, who just had an RFID implant put in his hand and has been building appliances for it to simplify and automate his life... "I guess I have my own Big Brother paranoia. Given the choice of Orwellian societies, I'd rather live in one based on RFID tags than fingerprints, DNA, or facial structure; an RFID tag system is easy to manage and opt out of, whereas DNA sampling or facial recognition, well, isn't.""

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Tattoo by markmcb · 2005-03-30 07:26 · Score: 5, Funny

I knew I shouldn't have gotten that bar code tattoo... Idiot!

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The drawback is by Timesprout · 2005-03-30 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

the store detectives in walmart keep stopping him because they think he registers as a case of beer.

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Guys with implants by jokestress · 2005-03-30 07:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I hate that guys are getting implants. Sure, they look good, but they feel hard as rocks!

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Re:What about jewelry instead? by pentalive · 2005-03-30 07:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Stickem up! Gimmie your cash! Now!
Oh and I'll take that Nice Watch too.
Re:RFID tags can be faked by GreyPoopon · 2005-03-30 07:42 · Score: 4, Funny

So he has traded something unique and personal for something that can be read at a distance, copied and used freely by others.
"At a distance" in this case is less than two inches, although I'm sure somebody will use a Pringles can to make a reader that works at up to 1 km.

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Re:From his site by SoTuA · 2005-03-30 07:56 · Score: 4, Funny

<nit pic>

<nit pick>it's nit pick, not pic.</nit pick>