Did a write-up for the VeriChip scanner and implant that I recently received! Was a fun little exploration into one of the early RFID implants
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Did you properly prostrate them for claiming up and down their chips were secure? Man the CEO Scott whateverthefuck should be burnt at the stake for that bold faced lieā¦ bastard.
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Oh, interesting, I actually hadnāt come across those claims in reading up on them, but Iām not at all surprised. It seemed they claimed a lot and didnāt deliver near. Brochure-ware at best a vapor at worst.
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Well @Backpackingvet, first they lie in interview after interview about how secure the chip is when itās not at all secure. Then they help promote the idea that itās an āanti-kidnapping chipā for a bunch of Mexican political officials (they still get kidnapped anyway) which starts the idea that these are somehow tracking chips. Then in their death throes they try to convince the US government to force chip captive audiences like prisoners and migrant workers. Fuck them.
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Iād really like to track down someone who had one installed and do a case study. If they were willing of course. It would be so interesting to ask them how they feel about the decision now and if they had it removed etc etc.
Might be toughā¦ I think only about 2000 people had it put in, including Kari Byron if Iām not mistaken (myth busters), but anyway some of them were interviewed and gave names.
Iāve heard of a couple removals of VeriChip. Sucks. Antimigration caps on the chips and placement deep into tricep muscle makes removal a whole thingā¦ almost not worth removing for all the scar tissue and muscle damage
Oh, yeah Iām sure itād be tough to find anyone willing to speak. I had started to look into the family in Florida but the son passed away awhile back so Iād rather not bother them. Iāll have to check into Kari though. I totally forgot that they had a segment on Mythbusters about chips and blood donations.
That BioBond and the placement just makes it wicked to try and remove. So invasive. What sucks is the implant is basically useless. I canāt even get my Prox to pickup the test keychain and nothing but a pet reader is going to be able to scan it.
I shipped a verichip keychain and reader to icemanā¦ he integrated it, or is going to anywayā¦ what firmware you got?
Latest Iceman build from a week or so ago. Iāll have to double check thereās a chance I coulda missed it though.
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Also, what Proxmark and antenna are you using? The stock ones donāt couple well with small cylindrical antennas, and the extra thickness of the acrylic(?) keyring could be enough to ruin your day.
RDV4 and yeah the stock antenna. Iāll give it a try with the implant LF antenna and see if I have any better luck.
Speaking of that, I meant to ask you: is the xG3 coated?
Sorry itās OT, I didnāt think it was worth opening a new thread just for that.
Pretty confident the xBT is the only coated DT implant. The xG3 isnāt as far as I remember.
Yeah, Iām pretty sure the xG3 isnāt coated (who would want a coated implant in their fingertip) but I wanted definite confirmation before implanting it in a muscle.
No itās not coated. The VeriChip really did need something to stop migration because they put it into the muscle, which is full of independent moving and gliding and intermittently contracting bundles of muscle tissue. Subdermal human implants in the fascia donāt tend to move around much in most people after encapsulation.
The xBT has an anti-migration cap because itās designed for horsesā¦ but it will soon be discontinued for another way cooler product coming down the pipeā¦
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Ooh thats good to know, only reason I havnt gotten a xBT is because of the cap.
A temperature chip would be wonderful especially in a post covid world and not having to fuck around with a thermometer. Look forward to seeing what you go for us.
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Oh really? I was just talking in the discord about maybe getting another xBT so it would read more accurately. Suppose I can wait for something cooler thoughā¦ 
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Especially one that can be read with a smartphone
Nxp have some awesome new stuff just saying that there is alot of flexibility with some of the chips (I dont work for DT) 