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VeriChip develops, markets and sells radio frequency identification RFID systems used to identify, locate and protect people and assets, primarily to the healthcare industry. Co....
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Is the VeriChip Friend or Foe?
VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and provides state-of-the-art RFID microchip solutions that identify, locate, and protect people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only active RFID tag with patented skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip technology ensures the safety and...
Tags: Microchip, VeriChip, RFID, Semiconductors, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Hardware
White papers 2006-05-27
RFID passports and VeriChip security podcast
Operation Greif, and ID forgeryOne of my favorite little history lessons is from the Battle of the bulge, in WWII, by the name of "Operation Greif". German soldiers were disguised in Allied uniforms, given Allied equipment, and were trained to speak flawless English. The disgusies were perfect in every detail,...
Tags: fake word, authentication, encryption, george ou, Justin James, off-topic, VeriChip, dictionary, passport, podcast, RFID, Allied, security
Discussion threads 2006-08-21

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RFID technology can be good for medicine
This summer after DEFCON I did a short series on the dangers of RFID. From potentially bomb-triggering passports to worthless clear-text authentication VeriChip implants that can be easily cloned, RFID is one of the most controversial and misunderstood technologies in recent years. But are...
Tags: RFID
Blog posts 2006-11-29
I RFID dead people
I came across another story on News.com this morning about radio frequency identification RFID technology - but this one is a tad morbid: "RF-IDing the dead." RFID technology is already used in hospitals to keep track of live patients. However, after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, RFID chips are now being placed in cadavers. According to...
Tags: Chip, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2006-01-12
When RFID chips get a little too personal
RFID is getting some recognition in the news lately, from chips in Mini Cooper key fobs generating personalized messages on billboards ("Via RFID, these billboards know you by name") to embedding chips into humans for medical-record tracking ("Patients, doctors staying away from implantable RFID chips").In the former story, 4,500 of the 150,000 Mini...
Tags: Billboard, RFID Chip, Chip, RFID, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Hardware, Networking, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-02-14
Human chips more than skin-deep
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Tags: Network technology, SECURITY, RFID, chip, privacy
Technical articles 2004-08-23
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