[BC] Big brother is watching...

[Tom Bosscher]

DANA PUOPOLO wrote:
 >Check THIS out!
 >http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/134
 >1984 has arrived, just 22 years late...

I've been waiting for this.
However:

 > Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent 
discovery
>of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the
>VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned <http://cq.cx/verichip.pl>, 
duplicating an implant?s
>authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were
>unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com 
release.

My ham radio buddies and I have discussed how easy it would be to mess 
with these items. The triggering transmitters are usually micro or 
milliwatts in power. So I sit outside in my parking lot with a 100 watt 
rig and a beam, I think I could cause problems.

Unless the RF ID tag has a very high security item like a rolling number 
sequencer, they should be very easy to clone. Then again, my 1997 Buick 
Park Avenue has a feature where you just hold your existing garage door 
opener by it and it remembers the sequence. The manual claims it works 
with the rolling number high security systems also. I've always wondered 
about pulling this unit, and putting in a reasonably quality receiver, 
where one could now park 500 feet away and get the garage door opener code.

My wife and her daughter are dog breeders (Newfoundlands, great 
dog....Great BIG dog!), and the dog industry has had RF ID chips around 
for quite a while. I've always wondered when those would go to into humans.
If I worked at "CityWatcher", I would rather quit and work the McDonalds 
drive through. Or stay and have fun cloning my ID!

tom bosscher