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trendal
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RF ID chip implantation required for work
#5294417 - 02/13/06 11:29 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Company requires RFID injection
Two employees have been injected with RFID chips this week as part of a new requirement to access their company's datacenter.
Cincinnati based surveillance company CityWatcher.com created the policy with the hopes of increasing security in the datacenter where video surveillance tapes are stored. In the past, employees accessed the room with an RFID tag which hung from their keychains, however under the new regulations an implantable, glass encapsulated RFID tag from VeriChip must be injected into the bicep to gain access, a release from spychips.com said on Thursday.
Although the company does not require the microchips be implanted to maintain employment, anyone without one will not be able to access the datacenter, according to a Register article.
Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant?s authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com release.
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/134
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trendal
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: trendal]
#5294420 - 02/13/06 11:29 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Just another step down that slippery slope...
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: trendal]
#5294423 - 02/13/06 11:30 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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It's their choice for getting implanted though...it's people's own fault if they consent to it and don't look for work elsewhere.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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trendal
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5294443 - 02/13/06 11:34 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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You could have said the same thing about piss-testing when it got started....and now look how common of a requirement that is for employment. There are some professions where you can't get a job anywhere without needing a piss test.
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: trendal]
#5294446 - 02/13/06 11:35 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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True. You got me there.
/walks off into sunset
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5294450 - 02/13/06 11:35 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Taking my guns and going to the cave now...
Eerie NWO shit abounds.
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mediman0078
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: trendal]
#5294502 - 02/13/06 11:49 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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trendal said: You could have said the same thing about piss-testing when it got started....and now look how common of a requirement that is for employment. There are some professions where you can't get a job anywhere without needing a piss test.

I'm on that boat... it sucks so much ass. Literally has pushed me within inches of just saying fuck it and moving to the EU... spain sounds cool... so does holland...
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5294834 - 02/13/06 01:38 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: /walks off into sunset
did you ever watch the littlest hobo as a kid? 
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: blink]
#5294858 - 02/13/06 01:42 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nah man, I watch Westerns cause I love that shit.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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spud
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: trendal]
#5294865 - 02/13/06 01:44 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm all for piss tests. It's refreshing to know that the services I'm being provided are being done so by sober individuals.
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: spud]
#5294871 - 02/13/06 01:45 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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A piss test doesn't show whether a person is sober during off-hours or during work, some people are highly capable of functioning extremely well at work while getting high outside of it.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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TheDude
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: trendal]
#5294885 - 02/13/06 01:48 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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That is fucked, I do not like it at all. My biggest beef with stuff like this is that these huge invasions of privacy are being sold to the public as beneficial, and required for safety.
I don't think National ID cards with the RFID chips are that far away (in the US at least). And when those show up, I'm definitely leaving the country.
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spud
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5294895 - 02/13/06 01:51 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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No, but it is statistically proven that urine tests are detrimental to drug usage. If this was not so, they would not be used.
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TheGaianMind
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: spud]
#5294904 - 02/13/06 01:52 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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spud said: I'm all for piss tests. It's refreshing to know that the services I'm being provided are being done so by sober individuals.
I bet you can't wait till the machines take over.
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TheDude
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: TheDude]
#5294913 - 02/13/06 01:54 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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More Info
U.S. firm implants ID chips in workers
CINCINNATI ? A company that sells surveillance equipment has started implanting tiny identifying devices in employees to allow them access to its secure vaults.
The program was described as voluntary and is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, Sean Darks, chief executive of CityWatcher.com, said today.
Darks said three of the company's seven employees, including himself, have been implanted with radio frequency identification chips ? known as RFIDs ? about the size of a grain of rice.
"I have one," Darks said of the implants, first reported by the Financial Times. "I'm not going to ask somebody to do something I wouldn't do myself. None of my employees are forced to get the chip to keep their job."
CityWatcher.com has contracts with six cities to provide cameras and Internet monitoring of high-crime areas, Darks said. The company instituted the RFID program to restrict access to vaults where data and images are kept for police departments, he said.
"We've had it for a few months. We're testing it to see the effectiveness," Darks said.
The technology predates the Second World War, but has appeared in numerous modern adaptations, such as tracking pets and vehicles. The Mexico attorney general's office implanted RFIDs in some employees in 2004 to restrict access to secure areas.
The implants don't enable CityWatcher.com to track employees' movements, Darks said.
"It's a passive chip. It emits no signal whatsoever," Darks said. "It's the same thing as a keycard."
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badchad
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: TheDude]
#5294937 - 02/13/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Seems to me that these are private companies. As such, they can do whatever they want. (not that I agree with the practice).
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mediman0078
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: badchad]
#5294977 - 02/13/06 02:12 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sure they can...... doesn't mean it's a good thing... Plus there are better biometric security measures out there already that require no invasive chips or what have you. Retinas can't be faked and are even more effective when combined with facial recognition software...
.... saw it on the Discovery Channel. Did I sound all smart like a security knowledgable doofus?
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Re: RF ID chip implantation required for work [Re: TheGaianMind]
#5295109 - 02/13/06 02:38 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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TheGaianMind said:
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spud said: I'm all for piss tests. It's refreshing to know that the services I'm being provided are being done so by sober individuals.
I bet you can't wait till the machines take over.
At least things will be cheaper to purchase.
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