More "Chip" news

[Praxeas]

Dr. Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.


The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab - and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.


But Dr. Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, which was then automatically transmitted to affect to the lab security system.
"Once the system is infected, anybody accessing the building with their passcard would be infected too," he told Sky News.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...est=latestnews

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Dr. Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.


The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab - and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.


But Dr. Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, which was then automatically transmitted to affect to the lab security system.
"Once the system is infected, anybody accessing the building with their passcard would be infected too," he told Sky News.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...est=latestnews

Ya I saw that... it will be interesting what could happen with that technology if it was messed with on a mass scale.

[pelathais]

The gist of the story dealt with security and encryption issues but it did give me pause. I had always discounted the "mark of the beast" being a computer chip because the hand typically isn't a very good place for implants and the forehead is even worse.

This guys has the chip implanted into the fleshy part of the thumb joint. It would appear to do little harm medically there. Also, this chip is a bit smaller than the RFID chips that many Special Forces soldiers use as locator beacons. Those must be implanted in the upper arm or preferably the thigh.

Still, as a literal fulfillment (or even potentially so) of Revelation 13, this one does appear to fail due to the inability to implant it on the human forehead.

Again, this isn't the issue of the article - but it is the thought that I had. With regard to the new story itself - you would have thought that there would be some sort of password protecting access to a pacemaker's code. I hope that gets addressed soon.