Chris Paget is an "Ethical Hacker" who is exposing a huge weakness in the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Chips. These chips are the ones that have been feared for a while by privacy advocates and others.
The chips are so small they can be implanted in humans easily, and have been done in the military, and many people fear that religious implications by being something related to the mark of the beast.
Paget has a YouTube video showing how with a couple of hundred bucks on eBay, he can get the equipment to read other people's passport numbers in public. See the video here. It took him 20 minutes to find information on someone while driving in San Francisco.
The scary thing is that RFID is not secure and anyone can intercept the information with the right equipment and it is not too hard. Credit cards, Drivers License, Homeland Security and other agencies are looking at using the technology.
The "Pay Pass" swipe and go is a good example of an RFID chip in use along with the pet identification.
I just don't see any good in using this type of technology from a privacy or security standpoint. It just seems like a big brother type of device and our individual privacy is not being considered. This is another place the government needs to back off and not push technology for technology sake.
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