[geeks] Passwords, etc

[Michael Vergallen]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Dan Duncan wrote:
>> On 12/11/06, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
>>> Am I the only person who wouldn't mind some sort of subcutaneous
>>> implant so that I wouldnt have to carry around my ID badge/swipe
>>> card at the office?
>> It's been done:
>> http://amal.net/rfid.html
>>
>> Unlike Amal, *IF* I decided to get an RFID implanted I sure as shit wouldn't
>> go around telling anyone that I had done it, where I had done it, or what type I
>> had used.  If I did it for my own use, I'd at least have a dummy keypad near the
>> RFID scanner so I could punch in some bogus PIN if anyone was nearby so it
>> wouldn't look like I was gaining access with RFID.
> 
> 
> But it'd be so much FUN to just do a sort of Jedi hand wave and have
> things open for me....  ;)
> 
> "My credentials are in order."  [handwave]
> 
> [door opens]
> 
> 
That's not the worse ... in holland there are nightclubs that use that 
technology to pay for & gain entry to the clubs & drinks...

Quite strange if you ask me...

Michael