Anti-RFID outfit deflates Mexican VeriChip hype

[Peter Gutmann]

"R.A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com> forwarded:

>"Promoting implanted RFID devices as a security measure is downright 'loco,'"
>says Katherine Albrecht. "Advertising you've got a chip in your arm that
>opens important doors is an invitation to kidnapping and mutilation."

Since kidnapping is sort of an unofficial national sport in Mexico (or at
least Mexico City), this is particularly apropos.  An implanted RFID seems to
be just asking for an "express kidnap", something more traditionally used to
get money from ATMs.

Peter.

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