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I'm about 60% certain this is some kind of social commentary satire art project, and 40% certain this is actually a real company. Something designed to troll th
by walrus01 6y ago
I'm about 60% certain this is some kind of social commentary satire art project, and 40% certain this is actually a real company. Something designed to troll the credulous, sort of like bonsai kitten.
If it's a real thing: This appears to be linked to the Polish domestic banking sector? So primarily of use there. What's stopping you from just getting the implant, loading up some money/payment method on it, and two-part epoxying it into a 3D printed TPU plastic bracelet. Something fitbit sized. Its functionality as a payment method does not appear to require it to be implanted. You could even glue it into a hard shell of a plastic fob and keep it on your keychain.
- Geee 6y agoAre you serious? If you put the chip on a plastic card, then it becomes a standard credit card. The idea is to embed the chip on you, so you don't have to carry a credit card. It's literally the same standard chip.
- walrus01 6y agoYes, my point was to illustrate the ridiculousness of the concept. Get something implanted in yourself that will probably be obsolete in less than 10 years.
- musingsole 6y agoPacemakers are like that. For a much more serious problem, but likewise the surgery in this case is mundane and low risk. While methods to attack these could be developed, until they are and are applied to you, you'd have a fallback payment method if you were mugged or otherwise inconvenienced.
- EveYoung 6y agoI guess it's a "cool" gadget for a very niche group of people. Maybe it's just me, but getting a large RFID chip injected seems like a fairly invasive procedure.
- 2muchcoffeeman 6y agoGiven the implant is just under your skin, if this became popular, and I mugged you and was desperate, I'd just cut it out.