Someone thinks I am interesting or just silly…
- June 29th, 2010
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So on monday I had a call from Ben Grubb (ZDNet reporter), he basically interviewed me about the rfid implant I had done.
If you would like to read it, it can be found here http://www.zdnet.com.au/perth-man-opts-for-microchip-implant-339304154.htm
There is a bit of information that missed the cut. Â Currently there is no way of me stopping someone grabbing my hand and reading the UID, recording it and writing to another tag. However I have a solution in place for this. Â Time and funds permitted (I just bought an iPad so super poor atm) I will investigate and slowly implement this. Â That said you have to be literally 2cm from the chip, know exactly where it is and in order to read the whole chip it takes about 3 seconds then you need to know what pages of data are used as the UID. Â I am not particularly fussed about this, it’s not much different from someone stealing my keys, it just makes it a little bit harder 😛
If I get time tomorrow I will upload a vid of me swiping the reader at the front door and gaining access.
Hey,
Ben from ZDNet here. I’m catching up on the comments from the article at the moment. I do remember you mentioned the security aspect as something you said you were looking at but wasn’t the case for the time being. Anything I can add to the story as an update perhaps?
Hey Ben,
It’s fine there are always going to be peeps out there that don’t agree with what I am doing and I am sure others who have done this also copped sone flack,I chose to do it I am aware of the risks so sod em 🙂
I’m not a full bottle on the theca and never claimed to be, but it is a learning experience and the decision was made with all the information I needed to achieve my goals so yeah let them banta.
Hey,
Dugg the article and your blog man!! Sounds like a really solid idea you have got me thinking about it myself, what sort of cost are involved with setting something like this up?
Hey There!
It isn’t that expensive. Most of the time was spent researching and if you are looking for something really simple you can buy readers and access controllers super cheap off ebay. You just need to make sure that the stuff you get is compatible with your chip. I am using a HitagS, currently it is emulating a em4102 type chip so it works with standard readers that support that type of chip. I plan to implement more security down the track but not just yet as I am still playing. Most access controls on buildings either use em4102 style or a lower frequency style rfid system, HID operates on the 125Khz but I believe uses a different modulation so this can also be copied with little effort provided you have the gear. The chip I am using cost around $10 after getting it shipped. You can get them a lot cheaper but I purchased through a friend in the states who has had one of these in his hands for some time now. I hope this info helps. I will update my blog soon with some vids of it working on my door.
Cheers
Slampt