Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virus
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#3A sensationalist write up for PR purposes. It's just a common RFID tag, much like the kind we use for pets.
The fact that this guy implanted it under his own skin is inconsequential.
Re: Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virus
#4A sensationalist write up for PR purposes. It's just a common RFID tag, much like the kind we use for pets. The fact that this guy implanted it under his own skin is inconsequential.
Inconsequential to us, but I guarantee I'll be hearing about it from my mother.
Re: Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virus
#5A sensationalist write up for PR purposes. It's just a common RFID tag, much like the kind we use for pets. The fact that this guy implanted it under his own skin is inconsequential.
Sure, the way he does it is sensationalist, but I still like his concept of infecting RFID system by just "carrying" around a malicious RFID tag.
Re: Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virus
#6A sensationalist write up for PR purposes. It's just a common RFID tag, much like the kind we use for pets. The fact that this guy implanted it under his own skin is inconsequential.
Inconsequential to us, but I guarantee I'll be hearing about it from my mother.
Was the first thing I got sent this morning.
You've got to be pretty stupid to do this :
S: any RFIDs around with code for me to execute
C: sure, here's some 0x1fab214bab3421baeb3f2d287d20d8297d2
S: Thank yo ... Connection reset by peerRe: Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virus
#7A sensationalist write up for PR purposes. It's just a common RFID tag, much like the kind we use for pets. The fact that this guy implanted it under his own skin is inconsequential.
He's a colleague of Kevin Warwick, someone who a former tutor of mine described as "a buffoon with a good line in hoodwinking the media into thinking that what he is doing is cutting-edge science". (http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/09/38467?cu...)
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#8Bollocks brought to you by the University behind: http://blog.jgc.org/2006/12/midas-number-or-why-divide-by-ze...
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Inconsequential to us, but I guarantee I'll be hearing about it from my mother.
Was the first thing I got sent this morning. You've got to be pretty stupid to do this : S: any RFIDs around with code for me to execute C: sure, here's some 0x1fab214bab3421baeb3f2d287d20d8297d2 S: Thank yo ... Connection reset by peer
Don't run this, just put it in a .txt file and run a virus scanner on it:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Re: Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virus
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Was the first thing I got sent this morning. You've got to be pretty stupid to do this : S: any RFIDs around with code for me to execute C: sure, here's some 0x1fab214bab3421baeb3f2d287d20d8297d2 S: Thank yo ... Connection reset by peer
Don't run this, just put it in a .txt file and run a virus scanner on it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* OK, it's actually harmless, but it's the only pure-ASCII executable I've ever seen, which is pretty cool.