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How I Got Locked Out of the Chip Implanted In My Hand (vice.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the fat-fingering dept.

Motherboard staff writer Daniel Oberhaus writes: If I had a single piece of advice for anyone thinking about getting an NFC chip implant it would be to do it sober.... [A]t the urging of everyone at the implant station, the first thing I did with my implant was secure it with a four-digit pin. I hadn't decided what sort of data I wanted to put on the chip, but I sure as hell didn't want someone else to write to my chip first and potentially lock me out. I chose the same pin that I used for my phone so I wouldn't forget it in the morning -- or at least, I thought I did.... I spent most of my first day as a cyborg desperately cycling through the various pin possibilities that made it impossible for me to unlock the NFC chip in my hand and add data to it.
He remained locked out of his own implanted microchip for over a year. But even when he regained access, "a part of me wants to leave it blank. After a year of living with a totally useless NFC implant, I kind of started to like it.

"That small, almost imperceptible little bump on my left hand was a constant reminder that even the most sophisticated and fool-proof technologies are no match for human incompetence."

106 comments

  1. A chainsaw is more practical. by wolfheart111 · · Score: 1

    And the chicks would love it. :)

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    1. Re:A chainsaw is more practical. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And you can identify yourself as yet another new gender chipped amputee...
      Anyone with a chip up his ass is half ass intelligent Einstein wanna be moron.... good luck

  2. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What was it that N Munz always said?

    The only real incompetence was in agreeing to be chipped.

  3. Kids nowadays by zamboni1138 · · Score: 5, Informative

    So the new hip cool thing is to get drunk (glad to see that hasn't changed) and go down to the local "implant station" and have an "NFC chip" (whatever that is) injected into your body?

    Kids nowadays are nuts.

    1. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Whoa dude, you must be super cool and smart since you used monospace font

    2. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      He got drunk and went down to the local "font station"

    3. Re:Kids nowadays by thewolfkin · · Score: 1

      come on man this is a tech site "news for nerds" NFC isn't that new or complicated or esoteric. It's part of the technology that lets you touch phones together to transfer pictures or contact information. Many (if not most) phones have this. It's been around for a long time, it's how you use your phone to pay for things. I think it might be how credit cards that let you tap to pay work. That's basically what it is. You can program it to interface with other things but you can use it to turn your hand into a virtual business card. Tap someone's phone and they get your contact info. Tap the credit card scanner and you can pay for things. But dude people have been hyping up NFC since 2012 and it's still around six years later. in tech years it should have college ready children by now. It's not unreasonable to expect a reader here to know what it is.

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    4. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Some millenial is jealous. And probably didn't even know it was possible.

    5. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ... an "NFC chip" (whatever that is)

      No Fucking Clue.

    6. Re:Kids nowadays by AC-x · · Score: 1

      (Cyberpunk 2077 logo)

    7. Re:Kids nowadays by Darinbob · · Score: 2

      But isn't that the first feature everyone turns off?

    8. Re:Kids nowadays by antdude · · Score: 1

      One of my online friends isn't a child. He's over 40 years old and got this NFC chip. I wonder how many older people have these implants.

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    9. Re:Kids nowadays by kalieaire · · Score: 1

      they had these things available at the "biohacking" village at defcon. soooo it wouldn't be surprising they did this drunk AF..

      ..among other things.

    10. Re:Kids nowadays by Memnos · · Score: 1

      I'd be careful about saying that "one of" your online friends isn't a child.

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    11. Re:Kids nowadays by antdude · · Score: 1

      Ha. I'm old and people call me a child. In fact, I look that young too.

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    12. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      NFC (AKA Near Field Communication) usually refers to transceivers in the 13.56 MHz band.
      Given the headline it should be obvious that it is about a transponder powered from the radio signal.
      Usually those chips are only used for identification. (RFID, but you usually don't use that word since it by convention is used for the 125kHz communication.)

    13. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Did your chip help you type that?

    14. Re: Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes but can you triforce?

    15. Re: Kids nowadays by Type44Q · · Score: 1

      it's how you use your phone to pay for things

      Being familiar with how it functions hardly equates to being dumb enough to want to use it.

      Geez.

    16. Re: Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I can triforce, but slashcode won't let me.

    17. Re:Kids nowadays by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Kids nowadays are nuts.

      Yeah but they can hide it. It could be worse, they could come home with a tattoo.

    18. Re:Kids nowadays by thewolfkin · · Score: 1

      But isn't that the first feature everyone turns off?

      Doubt it. But to be fair potentially that may be the case. For me NFC doesn't drain that much battery enough for me to care and I use it regularly though not often. Easier to keep it on than turn it off.

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      Just another second banana
    19. Re: Kids nowadays by thewolfkin · · Score: 1

      it's how you use your phone to pay for things

      Being familiar with how it functions hardly equates to being dumb enough to want to use it.

      Geez.

      But if you read back to the OP

      an "NFC chip" (whatever that is)

      being familiar with how if functions is what we're talking about. We're not debating whether it's useful or fun. My point is that most people know enough about NFC to be able to understand "NFC chip".

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    20. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is absolutely NOT a thing (yet). Implants are fairly new. NFC is the same tech that your phones use to send data short distances and can hold very small amounts of data. There isn't must real world use for it yet.

  4. A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Without a limit on the number of unlock attempts, someone else can still eventually access the chip (and lock you out until you've managed to break in again). With a limit on the number of unlock attempts however, there is an obvious denial of service attack opportunity. Either way you can be locked out of your own RFID chip. Stupid.

    1. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If it's a super-hot Russian agent who picks me up at a bar and gets me drunk and does it when I'm passed out after hours of monkey-sex then I'm OK with it.

    2. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ... a super-hot Russian agent ...

      You must be talking about Anna Chapman (a.k.a. Anna Vasil’yevna Kushchyenko).

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Chapman

    3. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I am reminded of a previous place where I worked. Management had a policy of, if an account was locked, it would stay locked until the account's owner physically came to IT and begged for access back. Three wrong guesses, and that was that.

      Well, this company fired an admin. This admin had a copy of every username there. So, he made a script that he would use to try to log onto the employee's VPN server, and lock out every single person in the company. The only reason they could get back access is because the new admin usernames were not on the ex employee's list.

      However, management still kept that policy in place. So, every Friday night, everyone wound up being locked out for the weekend, and during the day. Because the perp used VPNs and random coffee house Wi-Fi places, IP blocks never worked.

      So, stuff like this can easily be used as a denial of service attack.

    4. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Cmdln+Daco · · Score: 3

      Everybody locked out for the weekend sounds like a nice relaxing weekend off for everybody.

    5. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So, you could not take out your phone and look at the number?
      Jesus what a ID10T.

    6. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      His problem isn't remembering his phone PIN. It's that he was drunk and didn't actually set the same PIN he uses for his phone.

    7. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Highdude702 · · Score: 1

      Yea sounded to me like the guy did his fellow ex employees a favor...

    8. Re:A four digit PIN is just stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So the PIN is a one off from his phone, or a variation of the PIN to get into his phone.
      Still an ID10T. The number pad was most likely one that had a different number layout than his phone and he used the same pattern. Easy to figure out for non-ID10T's

  5. you need to fuck off, you spamming asshole. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    you need to fuck off, you spamming asshole.

  6. I like how this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    posted about more companies using these chips, then posts about getting locked out of them.

    Great idea. Let's get implanted with hackable chips that could end up containing god-only-knows what kind of information that could suddenly become incriminating.

    Nanny state incoming...

    1. Re: I like how this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Mark of the beast, and you become its bitch! Nice.

      I will not be apart of the "system". I'll "Han Solo" it and go renegade beforehand instead of that bullshit!

  7. Re:C6GUNNER NEEDS TO STOP BULLYING ME... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You'll go into the camps with the rest of the liberals.

    Strat

  8. Or the traditional tattoos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They're a longstanding option for people wanting a lesson in human stupidity.

  9. Implanted before there was a reason to... by Bobrick · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So this guy got a chip implanted in his hand -before- having any idea what he would do with it... I like how he talks about human incompetence, though plain old stupidity seems more at play here.

    1. Re:Implanted before there was a reason to... by alvinrod · · Score: 1

      What were you expecting? This guy sounds like a tech journalist who has no technology background or interest in doing deep dives into hardware so he has to cover the human side of it. Since he’s a tech journalist with no real technical ability, it pretty much means he’s fallen so far down the rung of respectable journalism positions you probably shouldn’t expect much. So of course he’s going to chase down any new fad, since that’s all he’s got. About the only lower you can get is video game journalist

    2. Re:Implanted before there was a reason to... by Bobrick · · Score: 1

      Have you seen them FOLDABLE SCREENS? Check this out!

    3. Re:Implanted before there was a reason to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This fucking moron seems to feel that NFC implants are the new ear gauges.

      I'm sure the useless piece of shit is covered in tatoos and piercings.

      My only regret is that I am not knowingly using him to enrich myself.

    4. Re:Implanted before there was a reason to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is exactly what I was thinking. I wouldn't get an implant without having a very well thought out idea of its purpose.

  10. Human incompetence !? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Human incompetence is a blessing in disguise.. Else think that you forever will remember and re-live the painful horrible things from your past days and years..

  11. Ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I would suggest him to implant a chip in his d*ck and start looking around for pairing opportunities.

    1. Re:Ahem by Fly+Swatter · · Score: 1

      Please don't give companies ideas.

    2. Re:Ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You! With the 5-digit SID! You have a unique opportunity here.

      An opportunity to support APK.

      Stop discussing the mundane drivel represented by this nobody journalist implanting a chip in his hand and then losing access to it. What a waste.

      APK is protecting people every day, without forcing anyone to implant anything. All they need is the hosts file engine.

      People will listen to you and believe in you, just as they SHOULD treat APK. So support him, and spread the joy that is the hosts file engine! Today! You will not regret it.

      ALL HAIL APK

    3. Re:Ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, sort of like the accidental incest app that they have out in Iceland Bump Before You Hump.

      Yes, this is a real problem. The example I heard was of a young guy that hooked up with someone, and then literally bumped into her at a family reunion two weeks later.

  12. Have a little respect by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    Hey man, having read the Discworld novels that is obviously DEATH talking there, you might not want to throw so much shade.

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    1. Re:Have a little respect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Nonsense. Death talks in small caps, not mono-spaced.

  13. Don't understand by fluffernutter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How is it legal for a company to compel employees to modify their bodies?

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    1. Re:Don't understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nobody forced him to get the implant
      RTFA, he was drunk at Def Con and decided late one night to get it done. And 'cos he was drunk, he forgot the PIN used to 'secure' the implant and so couldn't access it.

    2. Re:Don't understand by thegarbz · · Score: 2

      How is it legal for a company to compel employees to modify their bodies?

      That makes two of us. I for example don't understand how your brain worked to produce that though in response to this article.

    3. Re:Don't understand by fluffernutter · · Score: 1

      I'm talking about the ID in the hand, on an ID in the hand article. Are people being compensated for putting this ID in at least? I couldn't see a business legally being able to make you get a penis peiracing as a requirement to hold a job, how are they compelling people to be injected with these things?

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    4. Re:Don't understand by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      I'm talking about the ID in the hand, on an ID in the hand article. Are people being compensated for putting this ID in at least? I couldn't see a business legally being able to make you get a penis peiracing as a requirement to hold a job, how are they compelling people to be injected with these things?

      You are most definitely not commenting on the article or summary you think you're commenting on. But to answer your question very directly: No the person did not get compensated, he actually paid for it out of his own money prompted by nothing other than alcohol, drunk friends, and las vegas.

      Not sure if you need to RTFA, RTFS or just RTF Headline ;-)

  14. NPC implants NFC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    News at 11

    https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/npc-wojak

  15. I laughed first, but now I’ve changed my min by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 2

    We should cut this guy a little slack. Yes, it was a dumb thing to do in the first place - but he did own up to it, which may deter someone else from doing the same stupid thing. I expect a lot of people who found themselves in this situation would just clam up and hope no one found out.

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  16. NPC Implants NFC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    News at 11

    knowyourmeme.com/memes/npc-wojak

  17. NFC, technical by labnet · · Score: 0

    "NFC chip" (whatever that is)

    NFC (Near Field Coupling) is primarily inductive coupling, mostly in the ISM band of 13.56MHz.
    NFC antennas are small compared to their wavelength making them very inefficient far field radiators, but fine at near field inductive coupling.

    Think of near field as the area in which you can influence the radiating device and far field as the propagating wave that has 'left' the radiating device.
    Near fields attenuate 1/r3 to distance compared 1/r for Far fields. Thus it is difficult to pick up NFC comms unless you are very close.

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    1. Re:NFC, technical by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 4, Informative

      It's Near Field Communication, not "coupling".

      And its name is a misnomer, since anything that works over RF can be accessed at an arbitrary distance, given a large enough antenna and the proper electronics.

      NFC was cracked by Christopher Siobhan, with equipment that could read NFC information at a distance from cards equipped with the technology, with $200 worth of hardware.

      BEFORE it was ever widely adopted or included in smartphones. Only 1 or maybe 2 phone models advertised it as a feature at the time. And it wasn't yet a common feature of debit or credit cards.

    2. Re:NFC, technical by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 1

      And its name is a misnomer, since anything that works over RF can be accessed at an arbitrary distance, given a large enough antenna and the proper electronics.

      Not necessarily. You also need:
        - An adequate signal to noise ratio.
        - A propagating wave.

      An evanescent wave - one that decays exponentially rather than propagating - doesn't launch energy on a non-return path and is drastically weak after a quarter wavelength or so. Examples include the field just above the surface of a material containing a beam that's totally-internally-reflecting from it. The idea of near field communication was to use that so devices could communicate if within a few inches and couldn't be tapped, even with fancy equipment, beyond a few feet.

      Even antennas that DO launch a propagating electromagnetic wave have an additional non-propagating near field that typically is comparable in energy density once you're within a quarter wavelength or so of the structure.

      Unfortunately, the implementation of NFC didn't use an evanescent-wave antenna. It used a magnetic coil - just as much a dipole wave-launcher as a similarly-scaled electrical dipole. The near field from that falls off inverse cube and it DOES launch a propagating wave that falls off inverse square. The coil is much smaller than a half-wavelength so the propagating wave is weak compared to the nearfield. Nevertheless: Oops!

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  18. I bet he goes 'beep' at the checkout now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I bet he goes 'beep' at the checkout now

  19. only 1 question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    does it track the times you jerk off and the speed of the movement?

  20. Slashdot's two headlines: by Alyks · · Score: 1

    >More Companies Plan To Implant Microchips Into Their Employees' Hands >How I Got Locked Out of the Chip Implanted In My Hand

    1. Re:Slashdot's two headlines: by Calydor · · Score: 1

      Pretty sure it was deliberate.

      On a side-note, time to rename NFC to No Fucking Clue.

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  21. Re:I laughed first, but now I’ve changed my by kalieaire · · Score: 2

    I'm just gonna call it what it is, implanting under the influence (IUI).

    There're people who end up drinking, driving, killing people, and say "wow, i didn't know that could happen", can that be a legitimate excuse? Cut him some slack? No.  He posted his experience, he's going to get flack, and that's the end of it.  Come Monday morning, nobody is going to remember anyway, so roast him while you can.

  22. At least it isn't a permanent tattoo when drunk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But a non-useful NFC chip isn't exactly all that bad. But like a finger print that has been copied and is being abused, the injected NFC could be cloned and cause the same havoc. Authentication should be something where the credentials can be easily revoked, nothing biometric.

    Please get a henna tattoo as your first one to see how you like it, before going permanent.

    Tattoos will alter how much of the population sees you and might limit the jobs you for which you will be considered. They can be extremely freeing too, a big FU to "the establishment." Knew a corporate trainer with full sleeves who had to wear long sleeved shirts all year, in 95 degF & 95% humidity weather 4 months of the year. At the mandatory, annual company picnic, it was a little uncomfortable.

    In some countries, people with tattoos aren't allowed into many venues because historically those were members of crime families.

  23. bigger issue by ra66itman · · Score: 1

    I see a bigger problem, after a few years of Companies, "chipping" employees, the goverment will come in and have a "free" safety program, where kids and newborns will be chipped,in case of being lost or needing to be id. currently thereare stories being tested .where you just walk in and walk out and NO cashiers. take it one step farther tracking at all stores. right now our smart phones know where we are at all times and some places use that info

    1. Re:bigger issue by currently_awake · · Score: 1

      I think implanted cellphones are more likely to be mandatory. NFC range is much too limited and too easily blocked for government tracking purposes.

  24. Loved it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just gotta say - thanks for sharing. Made my day.

  25. Re: Blame those impersonating me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm here to WIN

    lol

  26. Re:Blame those impersonating me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    all of you are spamming assholes. you too. fuck off.

  27. Re:tacking this on to things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    even stupid white people understand grammar better than you.

  28. Drunk? by houghi · · Score: 2

    I am all for doing anything to your body. You just have to be not drunk. This is coming from someone who, with a couple of friends, confinced a mate to get a tattoo a 05:00 during a night of heavy drinking. This was at a time when almost nobody had visible tattoos.

    The only thing that saved him was that the parlor was closing, not that the artist was refusing it.

    I am glad it did not work out and upset it was because of the wrong reason. I am sure there are enough who would refuse it, but apparently not enough.

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  29. Re:I laughed first, but now I’ve changed my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "I'm just gonna call it what it is, implanting under the influence (IUI)."

    I did that once. Now I have a kid. It's ok; most good things in life are a surprise.

  30. Re:Or the NAZI party tracking APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    You do know that if the Nazi's ever come to power, you will be one of the first customers of your local death camp. Remember what happened to the Original Brown Shirts... You're the first to go - and the Jews will be rooting for you.

    Ya piece of shit.

  31. Alternate advice by stealth_finger · · Score: 2

    If I had a single piece of advice for anyone thinking about getting an NFC chip implant it would be...don't. Just don't. Especially if it's for work.

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    1. Re:Alternate advice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      What do you mean 'for work' ??

      You cant possibly be compelled to do this in any free country

    2. Re:Alternate advice by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Especially if it's for work.

      Why especially if it's for work? The criteria should not be if it's for work or not, it should be that *you* are in control of its data.

    3. Re:Alternate advice by stealth_finger · · Score: 1

      Especially if it's for work.

      Why especially if it's for work? The criteria should not be if it's for work or not, it should be that *you* are in control of its data.

      Privacy issues and all that aside because what happens when you change jobs? Who owns it? Are they going to want their chip back? Are the next company going to want to put their own chip in? There's literally no advantage over something you wear like an ID card other than it can't be lost and lot's of disadvantages before you even get to the 1984 stuff.

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    4. Re:Alternate advice by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Privacy issues and all that aside because what happens when you change jobs? Who owns it?

      Are you arguing or agreeing with me. As I said the only criteria is that *you* are in control. Before you talk about 1984 stuff it's worth remembering just how incredibly basic these devices are, how simple they are to modify, how universal their design is, and how short range this is.

      Even if you had one of these in your hand right now, you DO have far bigger concerns.

    5. Re:Alternate advice by stealth_finger · · Score: 1

      Well, if it's your device and it's your choice then that's fair enough I guess, up to you. But as an employer mandated tracking and access device, no way. I agree though there are way bigger actual problems than this largely hypothetical stuff. The technology exists but it's not likely it will implemented this way on a large scale, maybe the odd place or so that consider it a bit of a novelty.

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  32. Re:I laughed first, but now I’ve changed my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm just gonna call it what it is, implanting under the influence (IUI).

    The traditional solution for that is a shotgun wedding.

  33. Tattoo the pin on his foot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Tattoo the pin code on his foot or ankle or the palm of his hand its the equivalent of the body mod sticky note.

  34. On becoming livestock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Pets, livestock, and yes, slaves are marked or branded by their owners/masters.

    Resent being a "wage slave"? Then why take the leap to being an actual slave or cattle?

    I'm astonished that any human being with a shred of self-worth would ever allow themselves to be branded/tattood/chipped/etc. Might as well be castrated and have a big ring installed in your nose....oh, wait, I think there are people in San Francisco doing that to themselves already. Never mind. [sigh]

  35. Nobody needs a year by nospam007 · · Score: 2

    ...to check 10.000 possibiities.

  36. Re:Blame those impersonating me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You are winning! Keep it up! Don't stop now!

    Your hosts file engine is the best security tool in the world. Believe it!

    ALL HAIL APK

  37. Ringdrive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    A far more effective, future proof and less invasive option would be a Ringdrive.

  38. Thereâ(TM)s a name for it - SIPDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sudden Infant Password Death Syndrome. It is a quite common.

    This happens to be the implanted version of the story.

  39. IMPERSONATING ME AGAIN? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    gweihir KNOWS you IMPERSONATE me https://it.slashdot.org/commen... c6gunner proves it https://linux.slashdot.org/com... forgetting to SUBMIT BY AC & f'd up using his registered 'lusrname' instead (just because he tried to mock me both BEFORE & after I FAIRLY challenged him to show he's done better work - he had ZERO).

    YOU EVEN UNKNOWINGLY HELPED ME https://science.slashdot.org/c... (& you quit trying to make me look bad by trying to "tell lies" on hosts as "ME" IN YOUR IMPERSONATIONS of me e.g. https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... & regarding Intel speculative execution attacks? Guess what?? Hosts DO PREVENT THEM)

    APK

    P.S.=> LMAO - I totally KNOW that last link's M/b>KILLING YOU that YOU ACTUALLY HELPED ME getting me to see if hosts stop more than portsmash (& Meltdown + Spectre too) & "lo & behold" - hosts WORK by stopping you being INFESTED by what uses them on you - YOU LOSE (& YOU STOPPED TRYING THAT in your impersonations of me, lol) .... apk

  40. Blame those impersonating me... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wasn't me you replied to: It's an impersonator. I only post on hosts IF they stop threats OR speed you up. I don't off topic. HOWEVER: I won't "lay down" to a losers that don't do a DAMN THING OF VALUE & I'll defend myself w/ facts they can't beat.

    I've got my "psycho fanclub" IMPERSONATING me & spamming + lying about MY work STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts like whackos!

    GOOFS like c6gunner CAUGHT IMPERSONATING ME https://linux.slashdot.org/com...

    (His name's on that post link as SUBMITTER signing "APK" as I do while he ALTERED users words of praise of my work (since he tried INSULTING me & I issued a FAIR CHALLENGE to him that HE SHOW HE CAN DO BETTER - he hasn't to date)).

    gweihir PROVED you IMPERSONATE me https://it.slashdot.org/commen... too!

    ZIP = a FOOL & A BLOWHARD LIAR vs. https://linux.slashdot.org/com...

    APK

    P.S.=> I'm not here to lose (it's for LOSERS like ZIP &/or c6gunner - not I): I'm here to WIN & all do that use hosts files ... apk

  41. Not the mark of the beast by DrXym · · Score: 1
    More like the mark of an idiot.

    Use a card or some other token with NFC in it. If you move jobs or if technology advances you'll feel a lot less stupid than you will a useless chip permanently implanted in your skin.

  42. I found the problem by sootman · · Score: 1

    You thought that this new, cutting-edge technology would be "fool-proof"?

    You thought that any technology, *anywhere*, was "fool-proof"?

    Idiot.

    --
    Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
  43. Re:I laughed first, but now I’ve changed my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm just gonna call it what it is, implanting under the influence (IUI).

    There're people who end up drinking, driving, killing people, and say "wow, i didn't know that could happen", can that be a legitimate excuse? Cut him some slack? No. He posted his experience, he's going to get flack, and that's the end of it. Come Monday morning, nobody is going to remember anyway, so roast him while you can.

    He could have called it implanting under drunkenness (IUD)...

  44. Re:I laughed first, but now I’ve changed my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    IUD - something his mother should have been using.

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