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The Next Step in Security?

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 06:27:38 AM EST
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I would hope this is a joke, but it doesn't seem so.

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.

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    The Next Step in Security? | 11 comments (11 topical)
    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#1)
    by squeaky on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 07:19:23 AM EST
    Can't wait for the next generation of injectable security serum. Nanotechnology will allow for a human workforce kept in line by microscopic robots running around inside their bodies.

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#2)
    by roy on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 08:03:36 AM EST
    It works for cats and dogs.

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#3)
    by Edger on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 08:18:46 AM EST
    Although the company does not require the microchips be implanted to maintain employment, anyone without one will not be able to access the datacenter And how long before they are reassigned, then "downsized"? Personally? I'll take a walk... don't need any job this bad. But thanks for the offer anyway. Really! ;-) Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery [that] showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant's authentication. Shouldn't be any more difficult than copying the data out of credit card magnetic strips. The next generation of ID theft? Just takes an RFID scanner.
    the potential for misuse of RFID is extreme. A criminal could take an RFID scanner through a parking lot and see what stereos and other products were in cars, awaiting for them to steal. A criminal could see you make a purchase of an expensive watch, and perhaps the watch had no RFID - but you were carrying other products that did have RFID - his RFID scanner could help him track you and follow you home to rob you of your new purchases.
    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#4)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 08:56:36 AM EST
    Well, there's your mark of the beast. Now who's the Antichrist?

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 10:58:59 AM EST
    Did you know? Tommy Thompson is on the board of Verichip. They've got a mobile chipping van too!

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#6)
    by rdandrea on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 12:03:59 PM EST
    Now who's the Antichrist?
    Ann Coulter

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#7)
    by Edger on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 12:16:12 PM EST
    rdandrea, you may be right:
    "Death Is Sexier Than Sex (to Ann Coulter)" And Coulter actually claims to be a Christian. Like Pat Robertson and George W, she seems to take perverse delight in defining Christianity as the opposite of itself, so I suspect she belongs to the Antichrist trinity or the Taliban sect of Christianity.
    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#8)
    by squeaky on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 12:55:33 PM EST
    edger- I thought that it was a Christian thing to kill. All you have to do is first define the one you want to kill as the devil, heathen, pagan or stuff like that. Nice that there is still Magic in the world, eh? Oh, I think that there is one other thing. A confession needs to be extracted before the killing blow is delivered. That is the compassionate part because after confessing the person stops being heathen and get a shot at going to heaven.

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#9)
    by Edger on Sat Feb 11, 2006 at 01:04:23 PM EST
    Squeaky: That is the compassionate part because after confessing the person stops being heathen and get a shot at going to heaven. I guess you're right, TruthBeKnown it is the christian thing to kill, but whether the condemned want to go to heaven depends on their point of view I suppose:
    The indian chief Hatuey fled with his people but was captured and burned alive. As "they were tying him to the stake a Franciscan friar urged him to take Jesus to his heart so that his soul might go to heaven, rather than descend into hell. Hatuey replied that if heaven was where the Christians went, he would rather go to hell."
    Praise jeezus!

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#10)
    by pigwiggle on Sun Feb 12, 2006 at 08:28:00 AM EST
    This has got to be a hoax. I sent it off to Snopes. Will post their reply.

    Re: The Next Step in Security? (none / 0) (#11)
    by Edger on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 05:05:20 AM EST
    PW, I'd say it's probably real. VeriChip has been manufacturing this technology for some time. Description here. Here is the press release from Sigma Six announcing 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 an integrated security solution for CityWatcher.com.

    The Next Step in Security? | 11 comments (11 topical)