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mobrien_12:
RFID is getting really scary.  A company is now requiring employees to have RFID implants in their bodies to access the data center.  The company says they won't fire anyone who refuses, but this is, of course, bullshit.  If your job requires you to enter the data center, you are required to have your body modified to do your job.

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/02/12/0031213.shtml


The company web page can be found through the slashdot article.  It has a toll free number on it at the bottom.  I called this company and very courteously told the representative who  answered that this policy is horrible, and that they were going to get public backlash for it.

Aloone_Jonez:
I think I'd be looking for another job unless they offered me a very large sum of money and the option of having it removed when I do decide to leave.

Dark_Me:
This is stupid. Not only is it something which the company should have no control over (you're getting a microchip injected. I think thats the kinda thing that should be up to you and not your employer), but it's untested and proven to be unsecure it's stupid to only rely on one security measure.

muzzy:
Permanent body modifications required to do a job? Yay! Especially yay as it's only for identification purposes, much like nazi slave bar codes ;)

Additionally, having injected microchip increases possibilities for an external attacker (as long as it doesn't do cryptographic authentication) as opposed to having something to carry with.

The only advantage seems to be that you can't give the access badge to someone else if it's injected into you, so it seems this measure exists because the company doesn't trust its own employees. And if they aren't trusted, it's pretty damn pointless to let them in the data center anyway. So, doh! :)

ReggieMicheals:

--- Quote ---Resistence is futile. You will be assimilated.
--- End quote ---

:D

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