INTRODUCING the credit card you simply cannot be parted from. Implanted under the skin of its owner’s arm, the planned device is based on an injectable RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip made by Applied Digital Solutions of Palm Beach, Florida.
When waved over an electronic reader, the chip emits a unique identity number. Because the chip is impossible to lose, ADS claims it will help eliminate identity theft.
But security experts say that criminals could easily clone the tag’s unique signal by recording it and playing it back. Privacy campaigners fear the chip will allow advertisers to track people’s shopping habits…
