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March 9, 2006
Tommy Thompson gets his own copy of Spychips
Tommy Thompson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services and member of Board of Directors for the VeriChip corporation, gave a talk in New Hampshire last week. It was the perfect opportunity to have a quick chat with him, talk to him about the downsides of the VeriChip, and give him a copy of Spychips.
In chatting with the former secretary, I learned that he has not yet taken a chip implant (thank goodness). He dismissed the medical downsides of the VeriChip, and the fact that the data may not be available in case of an emergency, but I was surprised to learn that Mr. Thompson had not been informed of the security downsides of the VeriChip. (Somehow, it's not surprising that Verichip would keep that from him.)
"I'm new to this whole VeriChip thing," Mr. Thompson said, by way of explanation.
I'd love for Mr. Thompson to meet security researcher Jonathan Westhues (a good guy) who can seamlessly skim the data from an implanted chip and clone it literally in a matter of seconds. It's amazing that VeriChip has managed to keep this information from Mr. Thompson
Katherine Albrecht gives a copy of Spychips to Tommy Thompson
-Katherine Albrecht
Posted by Katherine Albrecht at March 9, 2006 9:21 AM