[privacy] VeriChip VeriEasy To Clone, Researchers Say

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via techdirt.com.

[snip]

For some time we've been following the colorful past of RFID maker
VeriChip, a company that promotes implanting RFID chips in humans for
identification purposes. As if the stated goal of the company wasn't
disturbing enough, it has a history of lying to regulators and to the
public about the nature of its devices, and how they would be used.

Now, two researchers, presenting at a hacker conference, have
demonstrated that the company's chips can easily be cloned, essentially
allowing an individual to assume another's identity. Not surprisingly,
this stands in contradiction to VeriChip's claim that their products
are impossible to counterfeit. In fact, the researchers claim that the
company's chips have no security mechanism whatsoever.

[snip]

More:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20060724/087203.shtml

- ferg


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