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Scientist Infected with Computer Virus

Posted: May 27th, 2010, 6:04 am
by LukeAir2008
Yes, you read that correctly...! A scientist with an implanted RFID chip in his hand has become infected with a computer virus. :shock:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100526/vid ... c7e2c.html

Re: Scientist Infected with Computer Virus

Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:59 am
by pritchet1
RFID Chips can be read nearly 1,000 feet away.

http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/30/hacke ... floors-up/

If you can receive, you can send.

If you know you are carrying a chip, you can keep it from sending out information by surrounding it with a metal shield. "Foiled" again!

http://www.spychips.com/what-is-rfid.html

Re: Scientist Infected with Computer Virus

Posted: August 1st, 2010, 2:51 am
by Rensai
LukeAir2008 wrote:Yes, you read that correctly...! A scientist with an implanted RFID chip in his hand has become infected with a computer virus. :shock:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100526/vid ... c7e2c.html
I hope you're joking, but in case you're not. if you read it carefully you'll see he didn't really. That title is inaccurate. He was just showing that theoretically a person could carry one of the embedded rfid chips and infect electronic devices they come into range of, thus sort of carrying the virus. But he certainly wasn't infected himself. :lol: