Why One Man Got a Guerrilla RFID Implant

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.""

Comments

What Happens in the RFID gets demagnetized/errased

[Shaolas]

I can see locking yourself out of your home, car, bank account, office... Just think of the pain in the ass it is now to get a new or temp ID card at most places

The End Is Nigh

[Bedlam Ballroom]

I, for one, welcome our Anti-Christ overlords.

Re:The drawback is

[Frank T. Lofaro Jr.]

Jesusland? Is that what you call the USA?

We've been (unfortunately) trying to stamp every mention or acknowledgement of God out of public life every chance we get for quite a number of years now.

Re:Opt-out, eh?

[TrappedByMyself]

I was wondering if he ever read revelations.

Wow, modded Insightful. I guess the Religious Right is spreading it's will to Slashdot too.

Re:What about jewelry instead?

[Sp1n3rGy]

This article is from BMEzine (Body Modification Ezine). These guys get off on cutting themselves. They don't need a good reason.