US Company implants RFID chips in employees
By Tim Finin on Sunday, February 12th, 2006 at 1:00 pm.CityWatcher.com has implanted Verichip RFID tags in two of its workers.
US group implants electronic tags in workers
An Ohio company has embedded silicon chips in two of its employees - the first known case in which US workers have been “tagged” electronically as a way of identifying them. CityWatcher.com, a private video surveillance company, said it was testing the technology as a way of controlling access to a room where it holds security video footage for government agencies and the police.
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More details are here
… Six Sigma Security, Inc, announced yesterday the installation and integration of the access control module of VeriChip Corp’s VeriGuard Security Suite, including VeriChip’s human-implantable RFID microchip, as part of a project for CityWatcher.com. Dr. Jim Scott with Doctor’s Urgent Care of Milford, Ohio performed the application of the implantable microchip. Doctor’s Urgent Care has 10 physicians available at their facilities to implant the microchip, which is used for both medical, as well as security purposes. …
But, it turns out to be easy to skim and clone a verichip, as cq.cx demonstrates:
… “Verichip markets their product for access control. This means that you could have a chip implanted, and then your front door would unlock when your shoulder got close to the reader. Let us imagine that you did this; then, I could sit next to you on the subway, and read your chip’s ID. At this point I can break in to your house, by replaying that ID. So now you have to change your ID; but as far as I know, you cannot do this without surgery. …”
Oh well…
Related posts: • VeriChip targets DC market for its RFID implants; • RFID tagged passports; • Robot vacuum guided by RFID;
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