RFID The Wave Of The Future (medical, home, business)

[dmyankee]

Originally Posted by quiet walker

There was a recent story in the Washington Post regarding these chips. Like that key ring thing you wave at the gas pump to pay. And ones that are being placed in newer credit cards, etc. We had a card at work that had all your biometrics and a bunch of other stuff, used for secure access and other things. It was rumored that this card's position could be tracked by satillite, like a GPS. The rumor was never confirmed nor denied. But I kept mine in a secure metal safe in my office rather than carry it around (like you were supposed to). Didn't want the boss to know where I went to lunch and stuff.

But the Post article said that there are portable readers that can get your information from these cards and chips just by getting near you. Like your credit card numbers and any of that biometric and other stuff that's on work id's. And that these reader devices are being used by criminals for a new way of identity theft. The article had a picture of an aluminum foil covered wallet and said that the "tin foil hat" crowd were finally proved right

Just one more way of doing big, impersonal business with our gubmint's blessing!

The tin foil hat or pot over one's head is used to keep the gubmint or aliens from reading your thoughts, or to keep them from beaming orders down. In abnormal psych, while it isn't all that common, it is more common than you might think.

I wonder if a colander works, seeing it is full of holes? LOL

[countrylv22]

GREAT THREAD "MAINEAH" THANK YOU FOR STARTING IT!

7TH GENERATION, I think this would be GREAT to help

with baby theft, like you said, I am sure that 5% of mothers would agree.

That is a horrible thing to happen to a Mother that has just given

birth And of course, its a great device to help you get home after

a night out of drinking LOL! LOL!

It would also be good, like one of the posters mentioned, to let us know

when there is tainted foods, damaged or spoiled in the cart

Having said that, I am sure that it would be ABUSED by the system

As it is, I think its horrible, that as soon as you purchase a property,

everyone on the planet knows where you are And you start

to get mailings from EVERYTHING that could possibly exist creating

more TRASH

So, PRIVACY is my biggest concern with it, it bothers me, if the government

would know my blood type, and everything else about me, and that maybe

they might use whatever information they have on you, against

you at some point in time.......Mind you, I have nothing to hide,

or nothing to be ashamed of, but I really do not want ALL of my info.

in someone else's hands

Have a great day everyone!

Originally Posted by 7th generation

An appliction for the RFID tag is in hospitals. When a newborn leaves his mother, a tag is attached to the baby's ankle with a corresponding one given to the mother. This is to ensure there is no mix up between other birthing mothers and to keep non custodial persons from snatching the baby.
Of course the case can be made given 4.2 million births a year in 3,500 facilities, abductions by non-family members is between 0 and 12 per year and of these abductions the mother is reunited 95% of the time.
So in this setting are the RFID tags intrusive? Ask the 5% of mothers that never get their babies back.
As far as either implanting chips in people or inserting one in a drink.
Hey, at least I'd get home after a night at the bar!!

[quiet walker]

Originally Posted by dmyankee

... I wonder if a colander works, seeing it is full of holes? LOL

I remember one of the characters in Ghost Busters wore one but it didn't work out too well for him. Better stick with a tin foil hat

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by Maineah

Crooks are always there to screw up the works! Perhaps a RF proof wallet or purse will become necessary...There's your ticket to your next million!!

Too late...

Sleek and Sturdy Steel Wallet Keeps RFID Hackers at Bay

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by Zymer

Too late...

Sleek and Sturdy Steel Wallet Keeps RFID Hackers at Bay

Yes but is it hand stitched teju lizard??

[K-Luv]

Originally Posted by quiet walker

But the Post article said that there are portable readers that can get your information from these cards and chips just by getting near you. Like your credit card numbers and any of that biometric and other stuff that's on work id's. And that these reader devices are being used by criminals for a new way of identity theft. The article had a picture of an aluminum foil covered wallet and said that the "tin foil hat" crowd were finally proved right

I have a CC like that. It's interesting that I can just 'tap' it and it instantaneously gets processed in a fraction of the time it takes to swipe a card. Kind of freaky, too.

Supposedly, the ability to remotely scan RFID is what kept it off the final design of the Real ID's. So they say. It could very easily be embedded without anyone knowing. But, for some reason, RFID is still going into all new US Passports.

Gillette is going to implement RFID into the handle of their brand of shavers. Why? Who really knows. Seems goofy to me, but they claim that it is just to keep track of sales and markets. Many other companies are looking into it as well.

[Elcarim]

My mother is somehow going to link this to a "mark of the beast" implication! I can hear it now!! Microchipping infants at birth....

[Maineah]

A way they are handling the problem with outside interests reading the data is by assigning just numeric values to the RFID chips instead of real information. A reader will give the party the number stored on the chip but it's meaningless without the corresponding data files to interpret the actual meaning assigned to the number. Your id may be entered as 12227727266, In the proper data bank that number could have everything about you on file assigned to it,your shoe size, or that you have a pack of gum in your pocket. It depends on the designation of the RFID chip. If an outside reader gets all of these numbers from a scan they can do nothing with them without the data base. There are 10 To the 38th power of possible combinations of numbers available for 128 bit encryption so they won't run out of numbers anytime soon.

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by quiet walker

There was a recent story in the Washington Post regarding these chips. Like that key ring thing you wave at the gas pump to pay. And ones that are being placed in newer credit cards, etc. We had a card at work that had all your biometrics and a bunch of other stuff, used for secure access and other things. It was rumored that this card's position could be tracked by satillite, like a GPS. The rumor was never confirmed nor denied. But I kept mine in a secure metal safe in my office rather than carry it around (like you were supposed to). Didn't want the boss to know where I went to lunch and stuff.

But the Post article said that there are portable readers that can get your information from these cards and chips just by getting near you. Like your credit card numbers and any of that biometric and other stuff that's on work id's. And that these reader devices are being used by criminals for a new way of identity theft. The article had a picture of an aluminum foil covered wallet and said that the "tin foil hat" crowd were finally proved right

How about the passports being outsourced overseas. Incredible, talk about opportunity for idenity theft of Americans by foreigners. Big Brother is getting just way too big!

[quiet walker]

Originally Posted by Maineah

A way they are handling the problem with outside interests reading the data is by assigning just numeric values to the RFID chips instead of real information...

Thanks for this good information