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First man infected with computer virus


Doctor gets chip. Chip gets virus. Virus infects other devices... Dalek shoots doctor?


Dr. Mark Gasson of Reading University implanted a RFID chip under his skin last year. It is used to allow him secure access to University labs without a security card, and to use his mobile phone without fear of others gaining access to it. But recently he decided to infect it with a computer virus. The result was the virus being passed to other devices that scanned the chip, showing how a person in future could be a virus carrier for technology.

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via news.bbc.co.uk

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