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Dangerous Things Sells “Cybernetic Microchip Biohacking” RFID and NFC Implants

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Re: Dangerous Things Sells “Cybernetic Microchip Biohacking” RFID and NFC Implants

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Post by pockybum522 »

TrueDuality wrote: post #8
KincadeHoney wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from what I have seen the DangerousThings / Vivokey implants are MRI safe. I even read about someone with a Titan magnet in there finger getting MRIs and not having any problems.

Don't do this. Don't suggest its safe for others to do. It's VERY not safe to bring anything ferrous or magnetic into the presence of an MRI. You may destroy the device that is going to help save someone's life.

Don't spout nonsense that you're clearly uninformed about. That's not how any of this works. Yes, a large piece of metal is dangerous in an MRI. A three gram magnet in a finger not so much.

Re: Dangerous Things Sells “Cybernetic Microchip Biohacking” RFID and NFC Implants

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Post by pockybum522 »

KincadeHoney wrote: post #6
unsnap_biceps wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you inject it in yourself? Or did the person who did it decide they can't remove it? I've been tempted by the magnetic implants when they first became a thing, but given that later in life I've now required a few MRIs, I'm glad I didn't get it done.

from what I have seen the DangerousThings / Vivokey implants are MRI safe. I even read about someone with a Titan magnet in there finger getting MRIs and not having any problems.

I personally know someone that did an MRI with a finger magnet and yes, there's a fair bit to it, but it's plenty doable. Obviously consult your doctor and the tech, but know that it has been done successfully several times.

Re: Dangerous Things Sells “Cybernetic Microchip Biohacking” RFID and NFC Implants

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Post by rendaw »

Their site force redirects to a relatively useless country-local top-page so I have no idea what TFA is about.

That said, I've been looking a lot into NFC with asymmetric keys since I wanted to use it as a 2nd factor for everything (including phone unlocking, unfortunately that doesn't seem to be happening any time soon).

NFC has a couple implementations: tags (basic, unencrypted, cloneable), symmetric encrypted (all your readers need a shared key) like Desfire... I think these aren't clonable?, and asymmetric which basically requires it to be a full JavaCard NFC chip.

Yubikeys are JavaCards basically. Testing with my computer nfc reader doing a signature is fairly slow (a second or two).

Actual card JavaCards are something like $4 in bulk, and $15-20 for small batches. I'd really like a wrist-band or ring form factor, and I was thinking the dangerousthings implants are small enough they could be stuffed into a band.

You can get a "pocket band" and put a yubikey in it, which works okay. There also are a lot of smart rings, but they're either not passively powered by the NFC connection (need to be charged) or are simple tags and not JavaCard-capable.

That said, they have a bunch of products and an awful website and I couldn't tell what the difference between products was, either (and importantly, which ones were JavaCard and which were basically just tags).

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Post by nickthegreek »

unsnap_biceps wrote: post #5
nickthegreek wrote: post #4

Been looking for someone to remove an rfid tag in my right hand from 2005.

Did you inject it in yourself? Or did the person who did it decide they can't remove it? I've been tempted by the magnetic implants when they first became a thing, but given that later in life I've now required a few MRIs, I'm glad I didn't get it done.

I’ve had magnetic implant and had it removed years later out of a fear of the silicone sheath being penetrated at some point. The person who helped me with my rfid implant is in a different state. But at the time we used an 8ga needle and slide it thru the center.

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Post by synapsomorphy »

I have their Titan magnet in a ring finger. Unlike all other magnet implants it does not degrade at all because it has a titanium casing, so it will last good as new until I die or remove it.

I can feel AC with it very easily, because the magnet vibrates. Microwaves and laptop charger bricks are fun. There's a little gadget [1], literally just an inductor soldered to a USB-C connector, that you can plug into your phone and test your sensitivity with. Having a literal sixth sense is the coolest thing in the world to me and I haven't gotten tired of it at all about a year post install.

I also have their Next in the same hand that I use to get into my apartment everyday and have a link to my website on (has both RFID and NFC)

[1] https://github.com/AxelFougues/Lodestone-biomagnet-tools

Re: Dangerous Things Sells “Cybernetic Microchip Biohacking” RFID and NFC Implants

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Post by ehnto »

1oooqooq wrote: post #10
smitelli wrote: post #7

Eh, there's something serene in the knowledge that I could just get up and walk away from all this technology at any time and just... exist... as a simple no-tech mass of meat. Just getting by with whatever biology gave me. It's fun to see what other people do sometimes, though. I'm rather tickled by the (currently out of stock) "Pain Management Kit."[1] [1]: https://dangerousthings.com/product/pmk/

does the notech mass of meat uses clothes for the lack of fur in cold climate, glasses for bad eye sight, thousands of tools every day, etc?

I think it's very reasonable to draw a distinction between dumb technology and digital technology, and I suspect almost anyone you talk to would understand that distinction without being precious about it.

Even though I understand your point, technology is technology, I understood what GP meant too.

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