[Quethe] implanted an RFID chip into his hand to ensure that he can gain access to his handgun risk-free without having to fumble around for secrets or buttons. He’s likewise planning to do more with the chip, including installing visitors so he can gain access to his cars and truck without keys. [Quethe] declares that inserting the chip hurts less than drawing blood. From the video he’s obviously utilizing livestock grade devices for the injection. While we applaud his ingenuity, we’re not sure that the convenience of easier gain access to to guns as well as cars and trucks is really worth the difficulty of putting a chip in your body.
We’ve covered rather a a few hackers that have selected to chip themselves in the past. [Mikey Sklar] did it back in 2005 after building a pair of pants to block the signal. [Amal Graafstra] ended up composing RFID toys after implanting himself. [Larry Pesce] from the PaulDotCom podcast had his chip cloned on stage by [Major Malfunction] at ShmooCon. [Annalee Newitz] had her chip cloned by [Jonathan Westhues] while covering RFID hacking for Wired. It’s fascinating to see the method of diy RFID chipping gaining traction, and, thankfully, all of the people just listed comprehend that it’s not a type of security.
[via Boing Boing]