This is disturbing:
Hackers demonstrated how to clone a copy of an human-implanted RFID chip at a hacking conference this week. The demonstration goes against claims from people-chipping firm VeriChip that its technology, the subject of the experiment, can uniquely identify an individual.
and then
“We can’t verify what they may or may not have done,” a spokesman [for Applied Digital] told Reuters. “We haven’t seen any first-hand evidence other than what’s been reported in the media.“It’s very difficult to steal a VeriChip… it’s much more secure than anything you’d carry around in your wallet,” he added.
Indeed.
Then again this demonstration, from the HOPE conference, has it’s upside. In a world where the neocons would like nothing more than to tag and monitor the citizenry this hack has an interesting spin. I could make myself out to be whoever I wanted. Wow, just think. I could even run in an election where the voting machines could be tampered with as well…wait…this is weird…deja vu.
Tags: HOPE SIX, Hackers, VeriChip, RFID, Cloned Chip
