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The Mark of the Beast
« on: 12 February 2006, 07:15 »
RFID is getting really scary.  A company is now requiring employees to have RFID implants in their bodies to access the data center.  The company says they won't fire anyone who refuses, but this is, of course, bullshit.  If your job requires you to enter the data center, you are required to have your body modified to do your job.

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/02/12/0031213.shtml


The company web page can be found through the slashdot article.  It has a toll free number on it at the bottom.  I called this company and very courteously told the representative who  answered that this policy is horrible, and that they were going to get public backlash for it.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #1 on: 12 February 2006, 13:11 »
I think I'd be looking for another job unless they offered me a very large sum of money and the option of having it removed when I do decide to leave.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2006, 16:32 »
This is stupid. Not only is it something which the company should have no control over (you're getting a microchip injected. I think thats the kinda thing that should be up to you and not your employer), but it's untested and proven to be unsecure it's stupid to only rely on one security measure.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #3 on: 12 February 2006, 16:41 »
Permanent body modifications required to do a job? Yay! Especially yay as it's only for identification purposes, much like nazi slave bar codes ;)

Additionally, having injected microchip increases possibilities for an external attacker (as long as it doesn't do cryptographic authentication) as opposed to having something to carry with.

The only advantage seems to be that you can't give the access badge to someone else if it's injected into you, so it seems this measure exists because the company doesn't trust its own employees. And if they aren't trusted, it's pretty damn pointless to let them in the data center anyway. So, doh! :)
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #4 on: 12 February 2006, 17:03 »
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #5 on: 12 February 2006, 18:09 »
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you can't give the access badge to someone else if it's injected into you
Chop off your hand and give it to them.

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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #6 on: 12 February 2006, 18:43 »
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glass encapsulated RFID tag from VeriChip must be injected into the bicep


They put it in your bicep ... this means they'd have to cut off your entire arm ... a chainsaw should do well for this purpose.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #7 on: 13 February 2006, 00:23 »
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The only advantage seems to be that you can't give the access badge to someone else if it's injected into you, so it seems this measure exists because the company doesn't trust its own employees. And if they aren't trusted, it's pretty damn pointless to let them in the data center anyway. So, doh! :)
They can be copied. Easily by someone who knows what there doing. All that needs to be done to get the code in the chip is someone brushing up against you in the subway or bumping into you in the street with a reader in there hand.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #8 on: 13 February 2006, 03:30 »
Well if it's that easy then why are they doing it ? Maybe they have other hidden reasons ...
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #9 on: 13 February 2006, 05:18 »
I'm working on software for a RFID reader at the moment with a required minimum working range of .8 meters. Could just have it in a brief case and walk past, to regenerate the signal takes probably 20 bucks and 2 brain cells.

Its an absolutely stupid idea. Implanting it has little security benefits especially with the entire security sector moving towards tertiary input sources like iris scan/finger prints which are far harder to duplicate and acquire :P.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #10 on: 13 February 2006, 10:48 »
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Well if it's that easy then why are they doing it ? Maybe they have other hidden reasons ...
Why do people run Windows? Granted it's not the same but quite similar.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #11 on: 13 February 2006, 17:43 »
i have a better idea Voice + logic Security! :D
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #12 on: 13 February 2006, 20:18 »
You're on the right track, using biometeric data is far more secure than implants which are a stupid idea.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #13 on: 13 February 2006, 20:36 »
If it doesn't serve a security purpose for the company ... it might be used to track your whereabouts instead ... techinically not absolute location as it supposedly works from less than 1 meter away, but at least where you are in the building.
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Re: The Mark of the Beast
« Reply #14 on: 13 February 2006, 21:51 »
that's one reason why it's good for the company right enough.

is this not illegal by the way? it should be.
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