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      <title><![CDATA["Prosthetic Biometrics": Microchips Under Your Skin]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Several years ago, I gave a talk at a local university on biometric authentication--the security applications of fingerprint recognition, iris scanning, and so forth. A faculty member approached me...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Several years ago, I gave a talk at a local university on biometric authentication--the security applications of fingerprint recognition, iris scanning, and so forth. A faculty member approached me afterward to ask why I was bothering. After all, wouldn't we all be surgically implanted with digital authentication devices in the not-too-distant future?

I laughed at the idea of "prosthetic biometrics." Gently, I hope. Today a company called VeriChip conducted an initial public offering. VeriChip sells small, encapsulated microchips (RFID tags) that transmit unique serial numbers over short distances via radioâ€”surgically implantable authentication devices, in fact.

Dogs and cats have been regularly implanted with RFID tags for years. That beta test, if you will, has been has largely successful: Many shelters are equipped to scan RFID tags in animals lacking other identification, and many pets and owners owe their happy reunification to the devices...]]></content:encoded>
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