RFID chips have become part of our everyday lives, from contactless payment to ID badges that unlock doors. These chips store and transmit data, but may be subject to side-channel attacks.
One such attack utilizes a power glitch to duplicate an RFID signal and enable hackers to either gain access to sensitive data or impersonate someone else.
Biohacking
At its core, biohacking refers to using various tools and techniques to enhance health and performance. These may include tracking what you eat, experimenting with intermittent fasting and exercising regularly as well as supplementation, nutrient injections or subdermal implants – although they aren’t always regulated – can help optimize health and performance if they fit with your personal health goals and risk tolerance. Biohacking should always be seen as part of an evolutionary continuum; choose what’s right for your personal situation.
Biohackers often focus on adopting evidence-based habits recommended by experts, like optimizing sleep and eating nutrient dense food. Other techniques they may try include cold exposure and intermittent fasting. While biohacking can bring many health and productivity benefits, if practiced without moderation it could become dangerous; so it is wise to consult a medical provider prior to engaging in new habits.
Biohackers take an aggressive approach to their health by employing tools and technologies that enable them to detect issues before they manifest as symptoms, thus preventing conditions from worsening further and even helping prevent disease altogether. A simple imaging scan may detect plaque buildup in arteries or cysts on liver; blood tests can identify nutrients which are deficient or abnormal.
Some biohackers also experiment with nootropics – supplements designed to enhance cognitive functions – and neurofeedback, which teaches the brain how to respond differently when experiencing various emotions. Both can improve concentration, mood and long-term disease prevention – though it should be remembered that neither method is regulated and could prove harmful if taken by those suffering from certain medical conditions or taking certain medications.
Biohackers may go too far when it comes to biohacking, leading to unhealthy obsessions and anxieties around food and exercise. For instance, tech execs tracking their ketone levels and body composition daily could increase their risk for critical mineral deficiencies while creating an orthorexia-esque diet plan (orthorexia). Furthermore, in extreme cases biohackers attempt to alter their genetic make up by engaging in gene editing – an area which should be strictly regulated.
Chip
As its name implies, biohacking combines biological knowledge with hacker principles in order to upgrade human bodies. It has gained increasing mainstream media coverage in recent years and remains an increasingly popular trend. There have been only limited studies conducted on this phenomenon but increasing numbers of people are engaging in self-experiments with their bodies; often implanting RFID chips which can be read by smartphones nearby – this raises privacy issues regarding tracking and data theft risks while raising questions of safety when used within medical settings.
Implant
Radiofrequency identification chips have grown increasingly popular as a method of tracking people’s movements. Implanted in the hand, these tags can be read when individuals touch an RFID-capable item such as a phone or door handle; they can even transmit computer viruses. Although people typically implant RFID tags as biohacking practices, private companies now sell them directly to consumers online – these implants pose high risks including interference with MRI scanners and defibrillator systems as well as soft tissue damage and bone infections that require surgery for repair.
