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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."

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  1. 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.

  2. 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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    Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
  3. Re:Kids nowadays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

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

  4. 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.