Ike
2/12/2006, 02:40 AM
A cincinatti security company is requiring any employee that needs to access their data center to have a glass-encapsulated RFID chip implanted in their bicep in order to gain access.
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/134
I'm certainly no lawyer, but can a company reasonably require this of employees? I understand that they maintain that having the implant is not required to maintain employment, but say someone like a sysadmin, whose job description entailed that he be in the data center, didn't want to do it. What are they gonna do. demote him to a crappy data-entry job, basically force him to quit? fire him for 'uncooperative attitude'? seems like messed up company policy to me, to require that you have some sort of unique, personally identifying body modifcation done. but what do I know....other than I'd never work for them.
oh yeah, and apparently, this kind of chip isn't that difficult for a resourceful hacker to clone. all he'd have to do is have good reason to believe that a certain person had such a chip, and then get a few feet away from him, with a small (credit-card, but a little thicker sized) device....
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/134
I'm certainly no lawyer, but can a company reasonably require this of employees? I understand that they maintain that having the implant is not required to maintain employment, but say someone like a sysadmin, whose job description entailed that he be in the data center, didn't want to do it. What are they gonna do. demote him to a crappy data-entry job, basically force him to quit? fire him for 'uncooperative attitude'? seems like messed up company policy to me, to require that you have some sort of unique, personally identifying body modifcation done. but what do I know....other than I'd never work for them.
oh yeah, and apparently, this kind of chip isn't that difficult for a resourceful hacker to clone. all he'd have to do is have good reason to believe that a certain person had such a chip, and then get a few feet away from him, with a small (credit-card, but a little thicker sized) device....