If you would like to be infected with a computer virus, you would first need to have implanted in your body a chip, and I discussed that topic in a previous post. A scientist who has a chip implanted in his hand decided to infect it with a computer virus. From the article:
The virus, infecting a chip implanted in Gasson's hand, passed into a laboratory computer. From there, the infection could have spread into other computer chips found in building access cards.
All this was intentional, in an experiment to see how simple radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips like those used for tracking animals can host and spread technological diseases.Gasson had a relatively simple chip implanted in the top of his left hand near his thumb last year. It emits a signal that is read by external sensors, allowing him access to the Reading laboratory and for his cell phone to operate.
He and his colleagues created a malicious code for the chip. When the lab's sensors read the code, the code inserted itself into the building computer database that governs who has access to the premises.
"The virus replicates itself through the database and potentially could copy itself onto the access cards that people use," Gasson said.
The experiment showed that implants which wirelessly communicate with other computers can infect them and vice versa.
My interpretation of this study is skeptical, but then again I usually am when it comes to research that looks at the nefarious uses of technology. Why choose to do research on how a computer virus can infect an implant unless in the future, an implant will be required for business, identification, and money transactions. Of course this is the science fiction, tin foil hat wearer in me, but I still wonder about this type of research.
You can read the entire article at LiveScience.com at the link below.
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3 comments:
Sometimes I wonder. All these great scientific minds, what a waste...trying to create paranoia in the public.
Can you imagine if this were possible for real in the future and losers who could have access to the chip and go into hospitals infecting pacemakers, medical computers to keep patients alive (open heart surgery i.e.), etc. This would be catastrophic.
What are they trying to cause in the masses? Hysteria? Panic disorders?
I have patients who are currently under a lot of stress and sever anxiety because of the H1N1 virus panic, the WHO and the fascist governments of the world scaring everybody that this could be the next plague of the century.
I invite you all to disregard scientific studies that promote fear.
Take care of each other.
Peace.
Great article, Mish. Love your posts, like always. :)
I agree, Livingstrong, this study is odd and should not be trying to cause fear in persons who have pacemakers, etc. That is just wrong.
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